Given name & surname
Danger
“one who takes great risks”
Danger is used as a given name and a surname. One American interpretation is “one who takes great risks.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who takes great risks.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danger through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 91
- 91 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,457 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,457 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 586 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Danger’s family of names
Danger has a related form in Daenger. Danger has a related form in Dainger. Danger has a related form in Dangerea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Dangerievariant
- Dangerivariant
- Dangereavariant
- Dangereevariant
- Dangereyvariant
- Dangeryvariant
- Daengervariant
- Dayngervariant
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