Daniel
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #22 for boys in 2025, 8,085 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 38,559 births
- Debut · boys
- 643 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 146 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,982,812since 1880
Daniel over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #10,917 | 8 | #22 | 8,085 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #16 | 8,426 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #17 | 8,402 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #14 | 9,121 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #16 | 9,162 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #14 | 9,530 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #15 | 10,592 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #15 | 11,296 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #15 | 11,758 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #13 | 12,996 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #12 | 13,543 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #10 | 13,961 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #10 | 14,326 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #11 | 14,304 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #10 | 15,307 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #8 | 15,869 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | #7 | 17,564 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #5 | 19,032 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | #5 | 20,268 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #6 | 20,082 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #7 | 20,236 |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | #7 | 21,018 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | #8 | 21,072 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #10 | 21,352 |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 | #9 | 21,013 |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | #9 | 22,338 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | #9 | 22,704 |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 | #12 | 23,165 |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | #11 | 23,950 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | #11 | 25,128 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 104 | #9 | 26,728 |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | #8 | 28,065 |
| 1993 | #1,299 | 130 | #7 | 28,698 |
| 1992 | #1,188 | 147 | #7 | 29,157 |
| 1991 | #1,087 | 166 | #6 | 30,935 |
| 1990 | #1,154 | 149 | #5 | 33,830 |
| 1989 | #944 | 188 | #6 | 35,007 |
| 1988 | #685 | 280 | #8 | 34,718 |
| 1987 | #692 | 265 | #7 | 35,876 |
| 1986 | #641 | 288 | #6 | 36,573 |
| 1985 | #632 | 294 | #5 | 38,559 |
| 1984 | #648 | 269 | #6 | 36,531 |
| 1983 | #666 | 258 | #8 | 34,748 |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | #10 | 32,652 |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | #10 | 30,985 |
| 1980 | #757 | 219 | #11 | 29,888 |
| 1979 | #785 | 202 | #12 | 28,521 |
| 1978 | #836 | 177 | #11 | 26,441 |
| 1977 | #783 | 193 | #11 | 26,073 |
| 1976 | #807 | 172 | #10 | 24,702 |
| 1975 | #823 | 165 | #11 | 23,814 |
| 1974 | #855 | 153 | #11 | 23,833 |
| 1973 | #882 | 142 | #11 | 23,672 |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 | #15 | 22,092 |
| 1971 | #1,041 | 116 | #20 | 21,785 |
| 1970 | #1,144 | 101 | #19 | 23,521 |
| 1969 | #1,117 | 98 | #18 | 23,165 |
| 1968 | #1,022 | 103 | #18 | 22,012 |
| 1967 | #1,093 | 91 | #19 | 22,192 |
| 1966 | #1,241 | 75 | #19 | 23,269 |
| 1965 | #1,048 | 100 | #17 | 24,833 |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | #19 | 24,342 |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 | #19 | 24,815 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 | #17 | 25,543 |
| 1961 | #1,387 | 65 | #17 | 25,904 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 | #17 | 25,945 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | #18 | 25,155 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 | #16 | 25,619 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 | #16 | 27,337 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 | #18 | 26,655 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | #17 | 26,460 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | #18 | 25,275 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 | #20 | 23,498 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #20 | 23,418 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #21 | 21,121 |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | #21 | 19,189 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 | #22 | 18,240 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | #22 | 16,510 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #22 | 15,189 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | #21 | 12,867 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | #24 | 9,708 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | #25 | 9,314 |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 | #25 | 9,168 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #28 | 8,507 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | #31 | 7,050 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | #34 | 6,225 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #38 | 5,797 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #39 | 5,583 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #39 | 5,124 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | #41 | 4,817 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #43 | 4,591 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #42 | 4,502 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #42 | 4,310 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #42 | 4,449 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | #44 | 4,360 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | #47 | 4,465 |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | #47 | 4,366 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #47 | 4,426 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | #46 | 4,615 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #46 | 4,516 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | #44 | 4,548 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | #47 | 4,403 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #47 | 4,264 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #47 | 4,285 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #49 | 4,087 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #52 | 3,897 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #51 | 3,526 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #52 | 3,726 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #54 | 3,360 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #55 | 3,149 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #55 | 3,002 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #55 | 2,325 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #54 | 1,878 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #53 | 1,524 |
| 1911 | — | #53 | 796 | |
| 1910 | — | #53 | 692 | |
| 1909 | — | #54 | 569 | |
| 1908 | — | #54 | 530 | |
| 1907 | — | #52 | 528 | |
| 1906 | — | #48 | 506 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #50 | 484 |
| 1904 | — | #49 | 472 | |
| 1903 | — | #50 | 432 | |
| 1902 | — | #45 | 501 | |
| 1901 | — | #48 | 416 | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #44 | 598 |
| 1899 | — | #42 | 485 | |
| 1898 | — | #45 | 523 | |
| 1897 | — | #39 | 520 | |
| 1896 | — | #38 | 561 | |
| 1895 | — | #40 | 516 | |
| 1894 | — | #41 | 515 | |
| 1893 | — | #39 | 522 | |
| 1892 | — | #41 | 533 | |
| 1891 | — | #37 | 505 | |
| 1890 | — | #39 | 505 | |
| 1889 | — | #36 | 515 | |
| 1888 | — | #35 | 566 | |
| 1887 | — | #31 | 556 | |
| 1886 | — | #33 | 555 | |
| 1885 | — | #32 | 535 | |
| 1884 | — | #32 | 573 | |
| 1883 | — | #25 | 615 | |
| 1882 | — | #29 | 594 | |
| 1881 | — | #29 | 527 | |
| 1880 | — | #25 | 643 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Daniel was already there! It came in at #25, and was given to 643 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1909, when fewer than 620 boys a year got the name.
See more about Daniel
- 6 spots since 2024 (#16 → #22)
- 8 spots since 2020 (#14 → #22)
- 10 spots since 2015 (#12 → #22)
- Biggest jump: 5 spots in 1972 (#20 → #15)
- Biggest drop: 7 spots in 1884 (#25 → #32)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1985 at #5 (38,559 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: 31 yrs · run 1981–1995
- Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 48 boys born in 1985 were named Daniel (2.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 211 boys born in 2025 (0.47%)
- 17.4% of all boys named Daniel (345,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,679 | #25 (1880) | #31 |
| 1890s | 5,185 | #37 (1891) | #40 |
| 1900s | 5,036 | #44 (1900) | #49 |
| 1910s | 23,978 | #51 (1919) | #54 |
| 1920s | 43,407 | #44 (1925) | #47 |
| 1930s | 47,998 | #38 (1939) | #42 |
| 1940s | 112,778 | #21 (1946) | #25 |
| 1950s | 243,727 | #16 (1957) | #19 |
| 1960s | 242,020 | #17 (1960) | #18 |
| 1970s | 244,454 | #10 (1976) | #13 |
| 1980s | 345,537 | #5 (1985) | #8 |
| 1990s | 272,360 | #5 (1990) | #9 |
| 2000s | 203,975 | #5 (2007) | #7 |
| 2010s | 133,952 | #8 (2010) | #12 |
| 2020s | 52,726 | #14 (2020) | #17 |
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.
Daniel in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 49,719 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 67.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,591Sheridan24
- #1,591Verlie24
- #1,591Wylene24
- #1,635Daniel23
- #1,635Adriana23
- #1,635Ailene23
- #1,635Aleta23
- #1,682Alexandria22
- #1,682Andra22
- #1,682Ardath22
Tied with 46 names at #1,635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 186 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.