Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Vietnamese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1980. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Danh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 216
- 216 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,058 as a first name in 2020; 1,646 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.
People named Danh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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If you love Danh, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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