UK girl's name
Dannii
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2018. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Dannii is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Dannii popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2018 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5666, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1996, with 18 births.
This profile covers 141 England and Wales registrations across 18 recorded years from 1996 to 2018. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 17% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 151 living people in the UK are called Dannii. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2019 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Dannii ranked #5666 for girls in England and Wales in 2018, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1996, when 18 girls were registered as Dannii.
- • Dannii ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #458 in 2010.
- • About 151 living people in the UK are estimated to have Dannii as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5666
2018
Births in 2018
3
Latest year
Peak year
1996
18 births
Estimated living
151
2026
Popularity
Dannii over time
The chart below shows babies named Dannii registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2018. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Dannii, the clearest high point is 1996. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2018, compared with 18 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Dannii by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Dannii was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #3983 | 28 | 4 |
| 2000s | #2913 | 65 | 10 |
| 1990s | #1571 | 48 | 4 |
Geography
Where Dannii is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Dannii. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Dannii ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #458 in 2010.
Across the UK
Dannii in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#458 in 2010
2 years of NRS records, 11 total registered
Related
Names similar to Dannii
- Daisy 49,435
- Danielle 13,507
- Darcie 11,010
- Darcy 10,516
- Darcey 9,708
- Delilah 9,098
- Demi 9,052
- Daniella 4,324
- Destiny 3,732
- Diana 3,258
- Dorothy 3,104
- Dolly 2,246
FAQ
Dannii: questions and answers
How popular is the name Dannii in the UK right now?
In 2018, Dannii was ranked #5666 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Dannii most popular?
The peak year on record was 1996, with 18 babies registered as Dannii in England and Wales.
How many people are called Dannii in the UK?
A total of 141 babies have been registered as Dannii across the 18 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 11 more in Scotland.
Where is Dannii most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Dannii ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #458 in 2010. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.