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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201941peak #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 1941

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #30 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 86 boysAKMaine: #44 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 200 boysMEVermont: #59 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 264 boysVTNew Hampshire: #29 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 123 boysNHWashington: #31 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 154 boysWAIdaho: #83 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 342 boysIDMontana: #27 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 132 boysMTNorth Dakota: #38 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 166 boysNDMinnesota: #30 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 140 boysMNIllinois: #25 for boys · 476 births · 1 in 134 boysILWisconsin: #21 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 101 boysWIMichigan: #24 for boys · 463 births · 1 in 108 boysMINew York: #26 for boys · 843 births · 1 in 119 boysNYMassachusetts: #21 for boys · 347 births · 1 in 96 boysMARhode Island: #30 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 124 boysRIOregon: #36 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 170 boysORNevada: #22 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 69 boysNVWyoming: #45 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 192 boysWYSouth Dakota: #46 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 234 boysSDIowa: #39 for boys · 96 births · 1 in 225 boysIAIndiana: #29 for boys · 188 births · 1 in 160 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 464 births · 1 in 128 boysOHPennsylvania: #25 for boys · 660 births · 1 in 123 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 225 births · 1 in 135 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 98 boysCTCalifornia: #29 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 149 boysCAUtah: #117 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 530 boysUTColorado: #32 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 146 boysCONebraska: #34 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 169 boysNEMissouri: #49 for boys · 132 births · 1 in 235 boysMOKentucky: #64 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 313 boysKYWest Virginia: #67 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 331 boysWVVirginia: #54 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 247 boysVAMaryland: #38 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 185 boysMDDelaware: #34 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 138 boysDEArizona: #35 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 140 boysAZNew Mexico: #47 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 188 boysNMKansas: #71 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 323 boysKSArkansas: #133 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 706 boysARTennessee: #66 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 357 boysTNNorth Carolina: #53 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 271 boysNCSouth Carolina: #60 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 271 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #28 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 150 boysDCOklahoma: #88 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 402 boysOKLouisiana: #49 for boys · 114 births · 1 in 214 boysLAMississippi: #71 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 363 boysMSAlabama: #82 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 446 boysALGeorgia: #66 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 327 boysGAHawaii: #34 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 119 boysHITexas: #41 for boys · 316 births · 1 in 210 boysTXFlorida: #44 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 198 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Massachusetts#21 · 1 in 96
  2. Connecticut#21 · 1 in 98
  3. Wisconsin#21 · 1 in 101
  4. Nevada#22 · 1 in 69
  5. Michigan#24 · 1 in 108

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#211331 in 98
Massachusetts#213471 in 96
Wisconsin#212621 in 101
Nevada#22101 in 69
Michigan#244631 in 108
Illinois#254761 in 134
New Jersey#252251 in 135
Pennsylvania#256601 in 123
New York#268431 in 119
Montana#27361 in 132
Ohio#274641 in 128
District of Columbia#28501 in 150
California#293921 in 149
Indiana#291881 in 160
New Hampshire#29291 in 123
Alaska#3061 in 86
Minnesota#301761 in 140
Rhode Island#30401 in 124
Washington#31891 in 154
Colorado#32671 in 146
Delaware#34141 in 138
Hawaii#34331 in 119
Nebraska#34591 in 169
Arizona#35371 in 140
Oregon#36491 in 170
Maryland#38821 in 185
North Dakota#38341 in 166
Iowa#39961 in 225
Texas#413161 in 210
Florida#44841 in 198
Maine#44341 in 200
Wyoming#45101 in 192
South Dakota#46221 in 234
New Mexico#47321 in 188
Louisiana#491141 in 214
Missouri#491321 in 235
North Carolina#531431 in 271
Virginia#541041 in 247
Vermont#59101 in 264
South Carolina#60801 in 271
Kentucky#64911 in 313
Georgia#66991 in 327
Tennessee#66831 in 357
West Virginia#67601 in 331
Kansas#71421 in 323
Mississippi#71611 in 363
Alabama#82661 in 446
Idaho#83141 in 342
Oklahoma#88541 in 402
Utah#117111 in 530
Arkansas#133281 in 706

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 1941

girls
#1,384
31 births · 1 in 38,972 girls
boys
#31
7,050 births · 1 in 174 boys

Top girls' names in 1941

  1. #1Mary58,048
  2. #2Barbara39,543
  3. #3Patricia36,905
  4. #4Carol24,187
  5. #5Linda23,721
  6. #6Judith23,320
  7. #7Betty20,905
  8. #8Nancy20,885
  9. #9Sandra19,500
  10. #10Shirley16,954
  11. #1,384Daniel31

Top boys' names in 1941

  1. #1James66,751
  2. #2Robert64,247
  3. #3John57,520
  4. #4William47,798
  5. #5Richard39,112
  6. #6Charles32,742
  7. #7David30,553
  8. #8Thomas26,641
  9. #9Ronald24,407
  10. #10Donald22,641
  11. #31Daniel7,050
More about 1941

girls

1,208,119 girls got a published name in 1941; 1 in 38,972 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 72.8% of the 5,085 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,355Sallyann32
  2. #1,355Trula32
  3. #1,355Verdie32
  4. #1,384Daniel31
  5. #1,384Allison31
  6. #1,384Almeda31
  7. #1,384Bess31
  8. #1,418Amparo30
  9. #1,418Angelica30
  10. #1,418Annita30

Tied with 33 names at #1,384; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,130Jerilyn#2,737 → #607
  2. ↑ 1,258Trina#2,109 → #851
  3. ↑ 372Karan#1,347 → #975
  4. ↑ 371Kristine#1,313 → #942
  5. ↑ 356Sherri#1,186 → #830
Fallers
  1. ↓ 447Kenneth#971 → #1,418
  2. ↓ 421Janna#997 → #1,418
  3. ↓ 366Beatriz#989 → #1,355
  4. ↓ 338Merna#997 → #1,335
  5. ↓ 337Eldora#957 → #1,294

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

boys

1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 174 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #28Henry7,165
  2. #29Carl7,160
  3. #30Joe7,158
  4. #31Daniel7,050
  5. #32Jack6,950
  6. #33Arthur6,739
  7. #34Lawrence6,653
Biggest movers since 1940
Risers
  1. ↑ 586Gay#1,573 → #987
  2. ↑ 375Issac#1,251 → #876
  3. ↑ 363Otho#1,334 → #971
  4. ↑ 338Lawrance#1,208 → #870
  5. ↑ 313Ford#1,251 → #938
Fallers
  1. ↓ 508Wilkie#792 → #1,300
  2. ↓ 452Arlis#994 → #1,446
  3. ↓ 394Ruby#939 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 359Gonzalo#850 → #1,209
  5. ↓ 325Lenord#929 → #1,254

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

See the top 100 for 1941 →