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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #11 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 55 boysAKMaine: #10 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 49 boysMEVermont: #19 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 65 boysVTNew Hampshire: #9 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 40 boysNHWashington: #11 for boys · 536 births · 1 in 60 boysWAIdaho: #15 for boys · 105 births · 1 in 70 boysIDMontana: #10 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 49 boysMTNorth Dakota: #13 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 54 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 888 births · 1 in 46 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,789 births · 1 in 65 boysILWisconsin: #9 for boys · 1,205 births · 1 in 39 boysWIMichigan: #11 for boys · 1,780 births · 1 in 57 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 2,605 births · 1 in 70 boysNYMassachusetts: #17 for boys · 1,010 births · 1 in 57 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 78 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 335 births · 1 in 53 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 57 boysNVWyoming: #12 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 62 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 58 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 540 births · 1 in 57 boysIAIndiana: #18 for boys · 783 births · 1 in 72 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 1,883 births · 1 in 63 boysOHPennsylvania: #13 for boys · 1,994 births · 1 in 64 boysPANew Jersey: #25 for boys · 710 births · 1 in 87 boysNJConnecticut: #20 for boys · 370 births · 1 in 72 boysCTCalifornia: #11 for boys · 2,646 births · 1 in 67 boysCAUtah: #26 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 121 boysUTColorado: #11 for boys · 348 births · 1 in 60 boysCONebraska: #11 for boys · 296 births · 1 in 53 boysNEMissouri: #18 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 74 boysMOKentucky: #32 for boys · 294 births · 1 in 124 boysKYWest Virginia: #29 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 119 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 338 births · 1 in 131 boysVAMaryland: #25 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 101 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 75 boysDEArizona: #11 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 65 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 147 births · 1 in 85 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 360 births · 1 in 67 boysKSArkansas: #49 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 224 boysARTennessee: #45 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 191 boysTNNorth Carolina: #43 for boys · 293 births · 1 in 185 boysNCSouth Carolina: #37 for boys · 178 births · 1 in 171 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 98 boysDCOklahoma: #33 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 145 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 323 births · 1 in 134 boysLAMississippi: #55 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 245 boysMSAlabama: #45 for boys · 212 births · 1 in 186 boysALGeorgia: #39 for boys · 289 births · 1 in 173 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 111 boysHITexas: #21 for boys · 1,097 births · 1 in 114 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 461 births · 1 in 109 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#9 · 1 in 39
  2. New Hampshire#9 · 1 in 40
  3. Oregon#9 · 1 in 53
  4. Montana#10 · 1 in 49
  5. Maine#10 · 1 in 49

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#91531 in 40
Oregon#93351 in 53
Wisconsin#91,2051 in 39
Maine#102161 in 49
Montana#101641 in 49
Nevada#10461 in 57
Alaska#11621 in 55
Arizona#112361 in 65
California#112,6461 in 67
Colorado#113481 in 60
Michigan#111,7801 in 57
Minnesota#118881 in 46
Nebraska#112961 in 53
Washington#115361 in 60
Wyoming#12551 in 62
Illinois#131,7891 in 65
North Dakota#131351 in 54
Pennsylvania#131,9941 in 64
South Dakota#131391 in 58
Iowa#145401 in 57
Ohio#141,8831 in 63
Idaho#151051 in 70
New Mexico#151471 in 85
New York#152,6051 in 70
Kansas#163601 in 67
Massachusetts#171,0101 in 57
Indiana#187831 in 72
Missouri#186541 in 74
Vermont#19621 in 65
Connecticut#203701 in 72
Delaware#20701 in 75
Texas#211,0971 in 114
Florida#234611 in 109
Hawaii#23661 in 111
Rhode Island#231181 in 78
District of Columbia#251521 in 98
Maryland#253241 in 101
New Jersey#257101 in 87
Utah#261021 in 121
Virginia#273381 in 131
Louisiana#283231 in 134
West Virginia#291821 in 119
Kentucky#322941 in 124
Oklahoma#331661 in 145
South Carolina#371781 in 171
Georgia#392891 in 173
North Carolina#432931 in 185
Alabama#452121 in 186
Tennessee#452141 in 191
Arkansas#49911 in 224
Mississippi#551151 in 245

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 1957

girls
#1,398
57 births · 1 in 35,875 girls
boys
#16
27,337 births · 1 in 79 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #1,398Daniel57

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #16Daniel27,337
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 35,875 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 80.1% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,388Marjory58
  2. #1,388Selena58
  3. #1,388Treasa58
  4. #1,398Daniel57
  5. #1,398Carrol57
  6. #1,398Edward57
  7. #1,398Kimbra57
  8. #1,407Andria56
  9. #1,407Candie56
  10. #1,407Corlis56

Tied with 8 names at #1,398; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 79 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #13Gary29,530
  2. #14Kenneth28,064
  3. #15Donald27,910
  4. #16Daniel27,337
  5. #17Ronald27,209
  6. #18Paul27,012
  7. #19Timothy24,733
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 714Dion#1,642 → #928
  2. ↑ 404Wes#1,317 → #913
  3. ↑ 371Antoine#1,232 → #861
  4. ↑ 340Domenick#1,335 → #995
  5. ↑ 329Mitch#868 → #539
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Lannie#999 → #1,457
  2. ↓ 402Desi#986 → #1,388
  3. ↓ 354Gavin#924 → #1,278
  4. ↓ 317Murphy#917 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 288Eliot#897 → #1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →