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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 332,061 of them was named Danial, which outranked 14.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,769 names at #10,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 16,990 of them was named Danial, which outranked 88.1% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).