Danial
Last seen for girls in 1990 at #12,958 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 203 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,394since 1880
Danial over time
Rank among boys' names. Danial has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #5,904 | 15 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,343 | 24 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,445 | 17 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,780 | 20 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,855 | 19 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,104 | 14 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,596 | 30 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,775 | 28 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,090 | 36 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,661 | 28 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,510 | 30 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,994 | 25 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,753 | 44 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,005 | 39 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,643 | 46 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,237 | 53 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,906 | 61 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,974 | 56 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,306 | 43 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,875 | 56 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,932 | 50 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,791 | 56 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,599 | 63 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,292 | 85 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,448 | 68 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,312 | 79 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,266 | 80 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,210 | 86 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,196 | 86 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #1,102 | 94 |
| 1989 | — | #1,082 | 94 | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #938 | 105 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #896 | 109 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #840 | 116 |
| 1985 | — | #832 | 116 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #859 | 105 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #843 | 107 |
| 1982 | — | #732 | 141 | |
| 1981 | — | #800 | 120 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #867 | 105 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #812 | 115 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #737 | 131 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #755 | 128 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #719 | 136 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 | #703 | 139 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #730 | 124 |
| 1973 | — | #605 | 171 | |
| 1972 | — | #641 | 153 | |
| 1971 | — | #700 | 140 | |
| 1970 | — | #657 | 155 | |
| 1969 | — | #656 | 144 | |
| 1968 | — | #619 | 149 | |
| 1967 | — | #588 | 165 | |
| 1966 | — | #576 | 172 | |
| 1965 | — | #530 | 210 | |
| 1964 | — | #560 | 198 | |
| 1963 | — | #573 | 189 | |
| 1962 | — | #551 | 204 | |
| 1961 | — | #562 | 194 | |
| 1960 | — | #594 | 174 | |
| 1959 | — | #570 | 187 | |
| 1958 | — | #564 | 188 | |
| 1957 | — | #535 | 210 | |
| 1956 | — | #553 | 188 | |
| 1955 | — | #542 | 187 | |
| 1954 | — | #509 | 203 | |
| 1953 | — | #557 | 161 | |
| 1952 | — | #512 | 186 | |
| 1951 | — | #545 | 155 | |
| 1950 | — | #528 | 163 | |
| 1949 | — | #590 | 132 | |
| 1948 | — | #666 | 103 | |
| 1947 | — | #707 | 94 | |
| 1946 | — | #767 | 75 | |
| 1945 | — | #837 | 56 | |
| 1944 | — | #935 | 47 | |
| 1943 | — | #980 | 47 | |
| 1942 | — | #851 | 59 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,129 | 34 | |
| 1940 | — | #872 | 52 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,007 | 40 | |
| 1938 | — | #977 | 42 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,094 | 35 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,095 | 35 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,092 | 36 | |
| 1933 | — | #995 | 41 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,216 | 31 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,154 | 36 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,041 | 45 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,144 | 39 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,451 | 26 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,420 | 27 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,396 | 28 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,296 | 32 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,273 | 32 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,576 | 22 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,304 | 27 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,660 | 18 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,608 | 15 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,277 | 6 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,130 | 5 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #1,058 | 5 | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #1,035 | 5 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #845 | 6 | |
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #764 | 7 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #682 | 8 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Danial was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Danial
- 2,339 spots since 2024 (#5,904 → #8,243)
- 3,388 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #8,243)
- 4,468 spots since 2015 (#3,775 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 278 spots in 1942 (#1,129 → #851)
- Biggest drop: 257 spots in 1941 (#872 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1954 at #509 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 35 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1942–1988
- Highest: 1 in 8,858 boys born in 1965 were named Danial (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #509 in 1954, was only 1 in 10,043 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 19.5% of all boys named Danial (1,828) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | #563 (1881) | #728 |
| 1890s | 41 | #857 (1894) | #948 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,021 (1908) | #1,122 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,291 (1917) | #1,724 |
| 1920s | 316 | #1,041 (1927) | #1,319 |
| 1930s | 349 | #977 (1938) | #1,131 |
| 1940s | 699 | #590 (1949) | #833 |
| 1950s | 1,828 | #509 (1954) | #542 |
| 1960s | 1,799 | #530 (1965) | #581 |
| 1970s | 1,392 | #605 (1973) | #706 |
| 1980s | 1,118 | #732 (1982) | #869 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,102 (1990) | #1,415 |
| 2000s | 496 | #1,875 (2000) | #2,348 |
| 2010s | 282 | #3,090 (2014) | #3,842 |
| 2020s | 104 | #4,343 (2023) | #5,595 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Danial in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 229,324 of them was named Danial, which outranked 32.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 14,970 of them was named Danial, which outranked 88.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).