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

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Peak · boys
1954 · 203 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,394
since 1880

Danial over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Danial has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #509, 1954boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,2439
2024#5,90415
2023#4,34324
2022#5,44517
2021#4,78020
2020#4,85519
2019#6,10414
2018#3,60730
2017#3,78128
2016#3,59630
2015#3,77528
2014#3,09036
2013#3,66128
2012#3,29733
2011#3,51030
2010#3,99425
2009#2,75344
2008#3,00539
2007#2,64346
2006#2,54247
2005#2,23753
2004#2,23851
2003#1,90661
2002#1,97456
2001#2,30643
2000#1,87556
1999#1,93250
1998#1,79156
1997#1,59963
1996#1,29285
1995#1,44868
1994#1,31279
1993#1,26680
1992#1,21086
1991#1,19686
1990#12,9585#1,10294
1989#1,08294
1988#8,3918#938105
1987#9,8256#896109
1986#10,9125#840116
1985#832116
1984#9,1446#859105
1983#7,3128#843107
1982#732141
1981#800120
1980#10,3925#867105
1979#8,0617#812115
1978#9,7505#737131
1977#8,4446#755128
1976#8,1566#719136
1975#7,9846#703139
1974#6,9007#730124
1973#605171
1972#641153
1971#700140
1970#657155
1969#656144
1968#619149
1967#588165
1966#576172
1965#530210
1964#560198
1963#573189
1962#551204
1961#562194
1960#594174
1959#570187
1958#564188
1957#535210
1956#553188
1955#542187
1954#509203
1953#557161
1952#512186
1951#545155
1950#528163
1949#590132
1948#666103
1947#70794
1946#76775
1945#83756
1944#93547
1943#98047
1942#85159
1941#1,12934
1940#87252
1939#1,00740
1938#97742
1937#1,09435
1936#1,09535
1935#1,35425
1934#1,09236
1933#99541
1932#1,21631
1931#1,33327
1930#1,15137
1929#1,15436
1928#1,38228
1927#1,04145
1926#1,14439
1925#1,45126
1924#1,62823
1923#1,42027
1922#1,39628
1921#1,29632
1920#1,27332
1919#1,57622
1918#1,99816
1917#1,29128
1916#1,30427
1915#1,66018
1914#1,60815
1913#2,4966
1912#2,0457
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,2776
1908#1,0218
1907
1906
1905
1904
1903#1,1305
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896
1895#8727
1894#8577
1893#1,0355
1892#8617
1891#9635
1890#9945
1889
1888#64810
1887
1886#8456
1885#7008
1884#7647
1883#8925
1882
1881#56310
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1954 at #509 (203 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 35 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 62 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 62 yrs · run 1942–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,858
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Danial (1,828) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s54#563 (1881)#728
1890s41#857 (1894)#948
1900s24#1,021 (1908)#1,122
1910s145#1,291 (1917)#1,724
1920s316#1,041 (1927)#1,319
1930s349#977 (1938)#1,131
1940s699#590 (1949)#833
1950s1,828#509 (1954)#542
1960s1,799#530 (1965)#581
1970s1,392#605 (1973)#706
1980s1,118#732 (1982)#869
1990s747#1,102 (1990)#1,415
2000s496#1,875 (2000)#2,348
2010s282#3,090 (2014)#3,842
2020s104#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 1986

girls
#10,912
5 births · 1 in 343,109 girls
boys
#840
116 births · 1 in 15,875 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #10,912Danial5

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #840Danial116
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 343,109 of them was named Danial, which outranked 15.0% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danial
  1. #9,545Zoua6
  2. #9,545Zuleima6
  3. #9,545Zuly6
  4. #10,912Danial5
  5. #10,912Aamanda5
  6. #10,912Abegail5
  7. #10,912Abel5

Tied with 1,924 names at #10,912; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 9,719Kyrie#10,677#958
  2. 4,778Sable#5,678#900
  3. 2,034Eliana#2,484#450
  4. 1,497Shatara#2,484#987
  5. 1,374Cherrelle#2,253#879
Fallers
  1. 442Violeta#963#1,405
  2. 361Micaela#545#906
  3. 361Tasia#572#933
  4. 324Jo#925#1,249
  5. 306Tammie#987#1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 15,875 of them was named Danial, which outranked 89.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Danial
  1. #835Jan117
  2. #835Jarrell117
  3. #835Sarah117
  4. #840Danial116
  5. #840Jeffry116
  6. #840Kraig116
  7. #840Maximilian116
  8. #845Lazaro115
  9. #845Silas115
  10. #845Tylor115

Tied with 4 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. 1,279Spenser#2,226#947
  2. 920Jayce#1,614#694
  3. 714Addison#1,228#514
  4. 649Payton#1,614#965
  5. 573Cordell#1,181#608
Fallers
  1. 409Ulises#877#1,286
  2. 365Eliot#934#1,299
  3. 322Jordy#998#1,320
  4. 313Trace#956#1,269
  5. 292Kennith#963#1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986