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

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Peak · boys
#5
1985 · 38,559 births
Debut · boys
1880
643 births
In top 100 · boys
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,982,812
since 1880

Daniel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #5, 1985boys
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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#10,9178#228,085
2024#9,55610#168,426
2023#6,16919#178,402
2022#9,05611#149,121
2021#8,46412#169,162
2020#6,08319#149,530
2019#6,69817#1510,592
2018#6,24819#1511,296
2017#7,84014#1511,758
2016#5,28425#1312,996
2015#6,23620#1213,543
2014#5,31025#1013,961
2013#4,75529#1014,326
2012#6,57619#1114,304
2011#5,35825#1015,307
2010#4,73530#815,869
2009#3,87040#717,564
2008#3,31650#519,032
2007#4,80830#520,268
2006#3,41447#620,082
2005#3,12650#720,236
2004#2,28676#721,018
2003#2,88553#821,072
2002#3,52338#1021,352
2001#2,51261#921,013
2000#2,42663#922,338
1999#2,30764#922,704
1998#2,01374#1223,165
1997#1,84580#1123,950
1996#1,89876#1125,128
1995#1,508104#926,728
1994#1,293131#828,065
1993#1,299130#728,698
1992#1,188147#729,157
1991#1,087166#630,935
1990#1,154149#533,830
1989#944188#635,007
1988#685280#834,718
1987#692265#735,876
1986#641288#636,573
1985#632294#538,559
1984#648269#636,531
1983#666258#834,748
1982#686255#1032,652
1981#765213#1030,985
1980#757219#1129,888
1979#785202#1228,521
1978#836177#1126,441
1977#783193#1126,073
1976#807172#1024,702
1975#823165#1123,814
1974#855153#1123,833
1973#882142#1123,672
1972#928132#1522,092
1971#1,041116#2021,785
1970#1,144101#1923,521
1969#1,11798#1823,165
1968#1,022103#1822,012
1967#1,09391#1922,192
1966#1,24175#1923,269
1965#1,048100#1724,833
1964#1,26576#1924,342
1963#1,20183#1924,815
1962#1,081100#1725,543
1961#1,38765#1725,904
1960#1,23678#1725,945
1959#1,23075#1825,155
1958#1,29966#1625,619
1957#1,39857#1627,337
1956#1,39856#1826,655
1955#1,46348#1726,460
1954#1,56042#1825,275
1953#1,47344#2023,498
1952#1,78131#2023,418
1951#1,66533#2121,121
1950#1,37544#2119,189
1949#1,35346#2218,240
1948#1,32748#2216,510
1947#1,57636#2215,189
1946#1,53233#2112,867
1945#1,41832#249,708
1944#1,60926#259,314
1943#1,42334#259,168
1942#1,55928#288,507
1941#1,38431#317,050
1940#1,63523#346,225
1939#1,58523#385,797
1938#1,43727#395,583
1937#1,99916#395,124
1936#1,80118#414,817
1935#1,91717#434,591
1934#1,60322#424,502
1933#1,97016#424,310
1932#1,81719#424,449
1931#1,45926#444,360
1930#1,66123#474,465
1929#1,25735#474,366
1928#1,31034#474,426
1927#1,36235#464,615
1926#1,44931#464,516
1925#1,70025#444,548
1924#1,56629#474,403
1923#2,58713#474,264
1922#1,89721#474,285
1921#2,28216#494,087
1920#2,07918#523,897
1919#3,00510#513,526
1918#1,96319#523,726
1917#2,55212#543,360
1916#2,65811#553,149
1915#2,9009#553,002
1914#1,81814#552,325
1913#2,5407#541,878
1912#2,6346#531,524
1911—#53796
1910—#53692
1909—#54569
1908—#54530
1907—#52528
1906—#48506
1905#1,9315#50484
1904—#49472
1903—#50432
1902—#45501
1901—#48416
1900#1,5617#44598
1899—#42485
1898—#45523
1897—#39520
1896—#38561
1895—#40516
1894—#41515
1893—#39522
1892—#41533
1891—#37505
1890—#39505
1889—#36515
1888—#35566
1887—#31556
1886—#33555
1885—#32535
1884—#32573
1883—#25615
1882—#29594
1881—#29527
1880—#25643
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Daniel is popular in 1940

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #19 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 55 boysAKMaine: #31 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 130 boysMEVermont: #43 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 159 boysVTNew Hampshire: #35 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 140 boysNHWashington: #42 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 187 boysWAIdaho: #101 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 404 boysIDMontana: #33 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 139 boysMTNorth Dakota: #34 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 151 boysNDMinnesota: #33 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 162 boysMNIllinois: #29 for boys · 401 births · 1 in 147 boysILWisconsin: #24 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 116 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 368 births · 1 in 125 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 765 births · 1 in 123 boysNYMassachusetts: #27 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 118 boysMARhode Island: #33 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 148 boysRIOregon: #52 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 239 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Daniel, so not publishedNVWyoming: #92 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 373 boysWYSouth Dakota: #44 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 211 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 69 births · 1 in 305 boysIAIndiana: #32 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 181 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 416 births · 1 in 130 boysOHPennsylvania: #26 for boys · 579 births · 1 in 133 boysPANew Jersey: #28 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 144 boysNJConnecticut: #31 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 132 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 149 boysCAUtah: #74 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 308 boysUTColorado: #34 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 166 boysCONebraska: #45 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 202 boysNEMissouri: #47 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 234 boysMOKentucky: #71 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 332 boysKYWest Virginia: #40 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 206 boysWVVirginia: #66 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 306 boysVAMaryland: #37 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 187 boysMDDelaware: #21 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 79 boysDEArizona: #31 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 122 boysAZNew Mexico: #42 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 166 boysNMKansas: #58 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 275 boysKSArkansas: #90 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 419 boysARTennessee: #80 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 436 boysTNNorth Carolina: #69 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 339 boysNCSouth Carolina: #50 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 253 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 141 boysDCOklahoma: #97 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 463 boysOKLouisiana: #46 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 220 boysLAMississippi: #77 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 436 boysMSAlabama: #62 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 335 boysALGeorgia: #57 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 291 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 84 boysHITexas: #39 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 201 boysTXFlorida: #69 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 297 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Alaska#19 · 1 in 55
  2. Delaware#21 · 1 in 79
  3. Hawaii#23 · 1 in 84
  4. District of Columbia#23 · 1 in 141
  5. Wisconsin#24 · 1 in 116

Best ever in a state: #1 in California, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#1981 in 55
Delaware#21231 in 79
District of Columbia#23451 in 141
Hawaii#23431 in 84
New York#247651 in 123
Wisconsin#242161 in 116
Pennsylvania#265791 in 133
Massachusetts#272611 in 118
Michigan#273681 in 125
Ohio#274161 in 130
New Jersey#281891 in 144
California#293531 in 149
Illinois#294011 in 147
Arizona#31411 in 122
Connecticut#31841 in 132
Maine#31491 in 130
Indiana#321571 in 181
Minnesota#331481 in 162
Montana#33341 in 139
Rhode Island#33311 in 148
Colorado#34591 in 166
North Dakota#34371 in 151
New Hampshire#35251 in 140
Maryland#37721 in 187
Texas#393101 in 201
West Virginia#40941 in 206
New Mexico#42361 in 166
Washington#42671 in 187
Vermont#43161 in 159
South Dakota#44241 in 211
Nebraska#45481 in 202
Louisiana#461031 in 220
Missouri#471251 in 234
South Carolina#50841 in 253
Oregon#52331 in 239
Georgia#571071 in 291
Kansas#58471 in 275
Iowa#59691 in 305
Alabama#62861 in 335
Virginia#66801 in 306
Florida#69521 in 297
North Carolina#691091 in 339
Kentucky#71861 in 332
Utah#74181 in 308
Mississippi#77501 in 436
Tennessee#80641 in 436
Arkansas#90461 in 419
Wyoming#9251 in 373
Oklahoma#97461 in 463
Idaho#101121 in 404
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Daniel
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
105 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1985 at #5 (38,559 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: 31 yrs · run 1981–1995
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 48
  • Highest: 1 in 48 boys born in 1985 were named Daniel (2.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 211 boys born in 2025 (0.47%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Daniel (345,537) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,679#25 (1880)#31
1890s5,185#37 (1891)#40
1900s5,036#44 (1900)#49
1910s23,978#51 (1919)#54
1920s43,407#44 (1925)#47
1930s47,998#38 (1939)#42
1940s112,778#21 (1946)#25
1950s243,727#16 (1957)#19
1960s242,020#17 (1960)#18
1970s244,454#10 (1976)#13
1980s345,537#5 (1985)#8
1990s272,360#5 (1990)#9
2000s203,975#5 (2007)#7
2010s133,952#8 (2010)#12
2020s52,726#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

girls
#1,635
23 births · 1 in 49,719 girls
boys
#34
6,225 births · 1 in 186 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #1,635Daniel23

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #34Daniel6,225
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).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,591Sheridan24
  2. #1,591Verlie24
  3. #1,591Wylene24
  4. #1,635Daniel23
  5. #1,635Adriana23
  6. #1,635Ailene23
  7. #1,635Aleta23
  8. #1,682Alexandria22
  9. #1,682Andra22
  10. #1,682Ardath22

Tied with 46 names at #1,635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #31Henry6,822
  2. #32Carl6,752
  3. #33Arthur6,510
  4. #34Daniel6,225
  5. #35Willie6,176
  6. #36Lawrence6,173
  7. #37Ralph5,838
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →