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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #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 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Daniel, so not publishedAKMaine: #26 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 106 boysMEVermont: #41 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 172 boysVTNew Hampshire: #39 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 168 boysNHWashington: #27 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 126 boysWAIdaho: #34 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 159 boysIDMontana: #21 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 98 boysMTNorth Dakota: #32 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 133 boysNDMinnesota: #23 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 108 boysMNIllinois: #25 for boys · 619 births · 1 in 108 boysILWisconsin: #18 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 79 boysWIMichigan: #21 for boys · 606 births · 1 in 88 boysMINew York: #22 for boys · 1,084 births · 1 in 102 boysNYMassachusetts: #22 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 104 boysMARhode Island: #27 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 104 boysRIOregon: #25 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 118 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 84 boysNVWyoming: #48 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 196 boysWYSouth Dakota: #30 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 151 boysSDIowa: #30 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 160 boysIAIndiana: #25 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 124 boysINOhio: #22 for boys · 618 births · 1 in 101 boysOHPennsylvania: #22 for boys · 793 births · 1 in 106 boysPANew Jersey: #27 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 132 boysNJConnecticut: #30 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 131 boysCTCalifornia: #23 for boys · 668 births · 1 in 127 boysCAUtah: #55 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 231 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 114 boysCONebraska: #28 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 143 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 195 births · 1 in 166 boysMOKentucky: #49 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 243 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 189 boysWVVirginia: #46 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 218 boysVAMaryland: #28 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 168 boysMDDelaware: #25 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 116 boysDEArizona: #25 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 113 boysAZNew Mexico: #41 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 159 boysNMKansas: #47 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 209 boysKSArkansas: #76 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 358 boysARTennessee: #74 for boys · 80 births · 1 in 399 boysTNNorth Carolina: #55 for boys · 167 births · 1 in 251 boysNCSouth Carolina: #60 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 291 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 138 boysDCOklahoma: #98 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 449 boysOKLouisiana: #45 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 187 boysLAMississippi: #73 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 365 boysMSAlabama: #58 for boys · 106 births · 1 in 307 boysALGeorgia: #58 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 294 boysGAHawaii: #24 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 90 boysHITexas: #37 for boys · 384 births · 1 in 205 boysTXFlorida: #34 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 175 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#18 · 1 in 79
  2. Michigan#21 · 1 in 88
  3. Montana#21 · 1 in 98
  4. Ohio#22 · 1 in 101
  5. New York#22 · 1 in 102

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#183611 in 79
Michigan#216061 in 88
Montana#21461 in 98
Massachusetts#223601 in 104
New York#221,0841 in 102
Ohio#226181 in 101
Pennsylvania#227931 in 106
California#236681 in 127
District of Columbia#23721 in 138
Minnesota#232371 in 108
Hawaii#24571 in 90
Arizona#25611 in 113
Colorado#25991 in 114
Delaware#25211 in 116
Illinois#256191 in 108
Indiana#252671 in 124
Nevada#25131 in 84
Oregon#25941 in 118
Maine#26721 in 106
New Jersey#272611 in 132
Rhode Island#27581 in 104
Washington#271591 in 126
Maryland#281091 in 168
Nebraska#28781 in 143
Connecticut#301181 in 131
Iowa#301351 in 160
Missouri#301951 in 166
South Dakota#30351 in 151
North Dakota#32431 in 133
Florida#341341 in 175
Idaho#34321 in 159
Texas#373841 in 205
West Virginia#371001 in 189
New Hampshire#39221 in 168
New Mexico#41431 in 159
Vermont#41151 in 172
Louisiana#451441 in 187
Virginia#461351 in 218
Kansas#47751 in 209
Wyoming#48111 in 196
Kentucky#491181 in 243
North Carolina#551671 in 251
Utah#55311 in 231
Alabama#581061 in 307
Georgia#581241 in 294
South Carolina#60821 in 291
Mississippi#73651 in 365
Tennessee#74801 in 399
Arkansas#76561 in 358
Oklahoma#98481 in 449
Alaska———

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 1944

girls
#1,609
26 births · 1 in 51,047 girls
boys
#25
9,314 births · 1 in 146 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #1,609Daniel26

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #25Daniel9,314
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 51,047 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 69.3% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,578Theola27
  2. #1,578Twilla27
  3. #1,578Verline27
  4. #1,609Daniel26
  5. #1,609Adella26
  6. #1,609Aloha26
  7. #1,609Arlean26
  8. #1,661Albert25
  9. #1,661Alease25
  10. #1,661Alexandria25

Tied with 51 names at #1,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 146 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.4% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #22Raymond10,635
  2. #23Roger10,581
  3. #24Gerald10,023
  4. #25Daniel9,314
  5. #26Walter8,159
  6. #27Harold7,980
  7. #28Stephen7,793
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 647Rickie#1,461 → #814
  2. ↑ 586Rusty#1,577 → #991
  3. ↑ 585Humberto#1,280 → #695
  4. ↑ 408Llewellyn#1,343 → #935
  5. ↑ 402Hilario#1,308 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 359Elwyn#923 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 356Albin#856 → #1,212
  3. ↓ 348Prentiss#980 → #1,328
  4. ↓ 286Barrie#969 → #1,255
  5. ↓ 269Duke#986 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944 →