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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 65 boysAKMaine: #11 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 49 boysMEVermont: #16 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 62 boysVTNew Hampshire: #8 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 39 boysNHWashington: #15 for boys · 422 births · 1 in 73 boysWAIdaho: #18 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 89 boysIDMontana: #11 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 59 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 111 births · 1 in 65 boysNDMinnesota: #11 for boys · 935 births · 1 in 44 boysMNIllinois: #13 for boys · 1,822 births · 1 in 63 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 1,146 births · 1 in 41 boysWIMichigan: #14 for boys · 1,550 births · 1 in 60 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 2,662 births · 1 in 67 boysNYMassachusetts: #15 for boys · 1,045 births · 1 in 55 boysMARhode Island: #19 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 70 boysRIOregon: #15 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 74 boysORNevada: #10 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 57 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 75 boysWYSouth Dakota: #13 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 52 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 479 births · 1 in 63 boysIAIndiana: #19 for boys · 670 births · 1 in 81 boysINOhio: #15 for boys · 1,577 births · 1 in 71 boysOHPennsylvania: #14 for boys · 1,788 births · 1 in 66 boysPANew Jersey: #19 for boys · 785 births · 1 in 80 boysNJConnecticut: #15 for boys · 417 births · 1 in 64 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 2,623 births · 1 in 72 boysCAUtah: #33 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 150 boysUTColorado: #12 for boys · 357 births · 1 in 62 boysCONebraska: #13 for boys · 301 births · 1 in 54 boysNEMissouri: #17 for boys · 587 births · 1 in 82 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 260 births · 1 in 133 boysKYWest Virginia: #28 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 115 boysWVVirginia: #28 for boys · 334 births · 1 in 130 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 97 boysMDDelaware: #15 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 67 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 248 births · 1 in 68 boysAZNew Mexico: #12 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 84 boysNMKansas: #19 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 88 boysKSArkansas: #63 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 272 boysARTennessee: #49 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 207 boysTNNorth Carolina: #46 for boys · 258 births · 1 in 205 boysNCSouth Carolina: #39 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 177 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 102 boysDCOklahoma: #40 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 148 boysOKLouisiana: #27 for boys · 282 births · 1 in 146 boysLAMississippi: #55 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 233 boysMSAlabama: #54 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 216 boysALGeorgia: #47 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 214 boysGAHawaii: #18 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 87 boysHITexas: #18 for boys · 1,062 births · 1 in 113 boysTXFlorida: #24 for boys · 465 births · 1 in 118 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Hampshire#8 · 1 in 39
  2. Arizona#9 · 1 in 68
  3. Wisconsin#10 · 1 in 41
  4. Nevada#10 · 1 in 57
  5. California#10 · 1 in 72

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Hampshire#81561 in 39
Arizona#92481 in 68
California#102,6231 in 72
Nevada#10571 in 57
Wisconsin#101,1461 in 41
Maine#112211 in 49
Minnesota#119351 in 44
Montana#111311 in 59
Colorado#123571 in 62
New Mexico#121591 in 84
Alaska#13481 in 65
Illinois#131,8221 in 63
Nebraska#133011 in 54
South Dakota#131491 in 52
Iowa#144791 in 63
Michigan#141,5501 in 60
Pennsylvania#141,7881 in 66
Connecticut#154171 in 64
Delaware#15781 in 67
Massachusetts#151,0451 in 55
New York#152,6621 in 67
Ohio#151,5771 in 71
Oregon#152361 in 74
Washington#154221 in 73
North Dakota#161111 in 65
Vermont#16631 in 62
Wyoming#16471 in 75
Missouri#175871 in 82
Hawaii#18861 in 87
Idaho#18811 in 89
Texas#181,0621 in 113
Indiana#196701 in 81
Kansas#192551 in 88
New Jersey#197851 in 80
Rhode Island#191291 in 70
District of Columbia#231451 in 102
Florida#244651 in 118
Maryland#243391 in 97
Louisiana#272821 in 146
Virginia#283341 in 130
West Virginia#281631 in 115
Kentucky#312601 in 133
Utah#33811 in 150
South Carolina#391601 in 177
Oklahoma#401591 in 148
North Carolina#462581 in 205
Georgia#472241 in 214
Tennessee#491901 in 207
Alabama#541731 in 216
Mississippi#551161 in 233
Arkansas#63721 in 272

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 1961

girls
#1,387
65 births · 1 in 31,054 girls
boys
#17
25,904 births · 1 in 82 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,387Daniel65

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #17Daniel25,904
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 31,054 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 81.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,375Joetta66
  2. #1,375Leatha66
  3. #1,375Merrie66
  4. #1,387Daniel65
  5. #1,387Cathey65
  6. #1,387Jacquie65
  7. #1,387Keli65
  8. #1,398Dani64
  9. #1,398Donnamarie64
  10. #1,398Gisele64

Tied with 10 names at #1,387; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 82 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #14Kevin28,926
  2. #15Timothy28,253
  3. #16Kenneth26,100
  4. #17Daniel25,904
  5. #18Paul25,640
  6. #19Scott23,934
  7. #20Brian22,566
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →