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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201959peak #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 1959

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #11 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 56 boysAKMaine: #17 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 58 boysMEVermont: #18 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 61 boysVTNew Hampshire: #13 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 50 boysNHWashington: #13 for boys · 456 births · 1 in 69 boysWAIdaho: #11 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 66 boysIDMontana: #9 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 50 boysMTNorth Dakota: #17 for boys · 101 births · 1 in 75 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 901 births · 1 in 47 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,765 births · 1 in 66 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 1,090 births · 1 in 44 boysWIMichigan: #14 for boys · 1,586 births · 1 in 61 boysMINew York: #16 for boys · 2,490 births · 1 in 73 boysNYMassachusetts: #17 for boys · 960 births · 1 in 59 boysMARhode Island: #24 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 79 boysRIOregon: #12 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 71 boysORNevada: #21 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 83 boysNVWyoming: #19 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 85 boysWYSouth Dakota: #16 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 62 boysSDIowa: #15 for boys · 532 births · 1 in 58 boysIAIndiana: #17 for boys · 712 births · 1 in 77 boysINOhio: #14 for boys · 1,623 births · 1 in 70 boysOHPennsylvania: #14 for boys · 1,824 births · 1 in 67 boysPANew Jersey: #23 for boys · 654 births · 1 in 94 boysNJConnecticut: #19 for boys · 361 births · 1 in 74 boysCTCalifornia: #11 for boys · 2,372 births · 1 in 76 boysCAUtah: #34 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 143 boysUTColorado: #12 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 74 boysCONebraska: #11 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 53 boysNEMissouri: #20 for boys · 588 births · 1 in 84 boysMOKentucky: #36 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 146 boysKYWest Virginia: #30 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 125 boysWVVirginia: #30 for boys · 322 births · 1 in 134 boysVAMaryland: #25 for boys · 321 births · 1 in 102 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 82 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 226 births · 1 in 71 boysAZNew Mexico: #18 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 92 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 300 births · 1 in 79 boysKSArkansas: #60 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 261 boysARTennessee: #53 for boys · 184 births · 1 in 217 boysTNNorth Carolina: #45 for boys · 274 births · 1 in 192 boysNCSouth Carolina: #36 for boys · 179 births · 1 in 160 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #28 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 109 boysDCOklahoma: #45 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 170 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 158 boysLAMississippi: #73 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 330 boysMSAlabama: #44 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 180 boysALGeorgia: #45 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 196 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 112 boysHITexas: #20 for boys · 1,094 births · 1 in 113 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 466 births · 1 in 115 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#9 · 1 in 50
  2. Arizona#9 · 1 in 71
  3. Wisconsin#10 · 1 in 44
  4. Minnesota#11 · 1 in 47
  5. Nebraska#11 · 1 in 53

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#92261 in 71
Montana#91561 in 50
Wisconsin#101,0901 in 44
Alaska#11521 in 56
California#112,3721 in 76
Idaho#111151 in 66
Minnesota#119011 in 47
Nebraska#113051 in 53
Colorado#122881 in 74
Oregon#122421 in 71
Illinois#131,7651 in 66
New Hampshire#131221 in 50
Washington#134561 in 69
Michigan#141,5861 in 61
Ohio#141,6231 in 70
Pennsylvania#141,8241 in 67
Iowa#155321 in 58
Kansas#163001 in 79
New York#162,4901 in 73
South Dakota#161311 in 62
Indiana#177121 in 77
Maine#171831 in 58
Massachusetts#179601 in 59
North Dakota#171011 in 75
New Mexico#181451 in 92
Vermont#18671 in 61
Connecticut#193611 in 74
Wyoming#19391 in 85
Missouri#205881 in 84
Texas#201,0941 in 113
Nevada#21331 in 83
Delaware#23631 in 82
Florida#234661 in 115
Hawaii#23641 in 112
New Jersey#236541 in 94
Rhode Island#241131 in 79
Maryland#253211 in 102
District of Columbia#281361 in 109
Virginia#303221 in 134
West Virginia#301611 in 125
Louisiana#332701 in 158
Utah#34831 in 143
Kentucky#362471 in 146
South Carolina#361791 in 160
Alabama#442141 in 180
Georgia#452451 in 196
North Carolina#452741 in 192
Oklahoma#451411 in 170
Tennessee#531841 in 217
Arkansas#60751 in 261
Mississippi#73841 in 330

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 1959

girls
#1,230
75 births · 1 in 26,979 girls
boys
#18
25,155 births · 1 in 85 boys

Top girls' names in 1959

  1. #1Mary54,502
  2. #2Susan41,617
  3. #3Linda40,410
  4. #4Karen36,784
  5. #5Donna36,468
  6. #6Patricia35,223
  7. #7Debra31,388
  8. #8Cynthia30,186
  9. #9Deborah29,546
  10. #10Lisa25,699
  11. #1,230Daniel75

Top boys' names in 1959

  1. #1Michael85,294
  2. #2David83,977
  3. #3James78,648
  4. #4John76,446
  5. #5Robert74,542
  6. #6Mark56,945
  7. #7William51,386
  8. #8Richard47,202
  9. #9Thomas40,296
  10. #10Steven33,597
  11. #18Daniel25,155
More about 1959

girls

2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 26,979 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 82.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,225Kathlene76
  2. #1,225Lezlie76
  3. #1,225Louella76
  4. #1,230Daniel75
  5. #1,230Carma75
  6. #1,230Cristi75
  7. #1,230Cyndy75
  8. #1,244Antonette74
  9. #1,244Arnetta74
  10. #1,244Dani74

Tied with 13 names at #1,230; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,090Alesia#1,985 → #895
  2. ↑ 948Tori#1,791 → #843
  3. ↑ 440Taryn#1,211 → #771
  4. ↑ 437Venus#1,007 → #570
  5. ↑ 393Vilma#1,364 → #971
Fallers
  1. ↓ 283Dani#961 → #1,244
  2. ↓ 257Nicki#973 → #1,230
  3. ↓ 235Lanita#973 → #1,208
  4. ↓ 219Concetta#973 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 197Gisele#766 → #963

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

boys

2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 85 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #15Kenneth26,640
  2. #16Jeffrey26,281
  3. #17Paul25,712
  4. #18Daniel25,155
  5. #19Donald23,876
  6. #20Gary23,303
  7. #21Ronald23,114
Biggest movers since 1958
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,208Efrem#3,033 → #825
  2. ↑ 901Darin#1,677 → #776
  3. ↑ 871Yancy#1,557 → #686
  4. ↑ 708Raynard#1,677 → #969
  5. ↑ 644Darrin#1,396 → #752
Fallers
  1. ↓ 307Jace#761 → #1,068
  2. ↓ 241Otha#915 → #1,156
  3. ↓ 234Cheryl#994 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 230Dann#969 → #1,199
  5. ↓ 227Carnell#777 → #1,004

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

See the top 100 for 1959 →