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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #11 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 57 boysAKMaine: #11 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 51 boysMEVermont: #21 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 64 boysVTNew Hampshire: #14 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 48 boysNHWashington: #14 for boys · 405 births · 1 in 66 boysWAIdaho: #19 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 85 boysIDMontana: #14 for boys · 95 births · 1 in 69 boysMTNorth Dakota: #16 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 60 boysNDMinnesota: #10 for boys · 903 births · 1 in 41 boysMNIllinois: #15 for boys · 1,720 births · 1 in 61 boysILWisconsin: #10 for boys · 1,072 births · 1 in 40 boysWIMichigan: #17 for boys · 1,324 births · 1 in 64 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 2,530 births · 1 in 68 boysNYMassachusetts: #16 for boys · 1,008 births · 1 in 53 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 62 boysRIOregon: #14 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 73 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 94 boysNVWyoming: #17 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 71 boysWYSouth Dakota: #20 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 77 boysSDIowa: #14 for boys · 481 births · 1 in 56 boysIAIndiana: #19 for boys · 616 births · 1 in 83 boysINOhio: #18 for boys · 1,429 births · 1 in 71 boysOHPennsylvania: #16 for boys · 1,629 births · 1 in 66 boysPANew Jersey: #21 for boys · 777 births · 1 in 79 boysNJConnecticut: #18 for boys · 400 births · 1 in 66 boysCTCalifornia: #12 for boys · 2,515 births · 1 in 73 boysCAUtah: #25 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 119 boysUTColorado: #13 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 74 boysCONebraska: #15 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 57 boysNEMissouri: #19 for boys · 549 births · 1 in 78 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 250 births · 1 in 131 boysKYWest Virginia: #32 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 132 boysWVVirginia: #28 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 130 boysVAMaryland: #24 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 100 boysMDDelaware: #17 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 66 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 68 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 91 boysNMKansas: #16 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 81 boysKSArkansas: #56 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 232 boysARTennessee: #51 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 198 boysTNNorth Carolina: #48 for boys · 242 births · 1 in 203 boysNCSouth Carolina: #47 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 209 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #21 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 82 boysDCOklahoma: #41 for boys · 137 births · 1 in 157 boysOKLouisiana: #37 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 166 boysLAMississippi: #50 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 211 boysMSAlabama: #41 for boys · 200 births · 1 in 175 boysALGeorgia: #41 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 188 boysGAHawaii: #20 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 94 boysHITexas: #16 for boys · 1,072 births · 1 in 105 boysTXFlorida: #22 for boys · 511 births · 1 in 103 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arizona#9 · 1 in 68
  2. Wisconsin#10 · 1 in 40
  3. Minnesota#10 · 1 in 41
  4. Maine#11 · 1 in 51
  5. Alaska#11 · 1 in 57

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#92411 in 68
Minnesota#109031 in 41
Wisconsin#101,0721 in 40
Alaska#11551 in 57
Maine#111941 in 51
California#122,5151 in 73
Colorado#132701 in 74
Iowa#144811 in 56
Montana#14951 in 69
New Hampshire#141251 in 48
Oregon#142141 in 73
Washington#144051 in 66
Illinois#151,7201 in 61
Nebraska#152491 in 57
New Mexico#151291 in 91
New York#152,5301 in 68
Kansas#162421 in 81
Massachusetts#161,0081 in 53
North Dakota#161031 in 60
Pennsylvania#161,6291 in 66
Texas#161,0721 in 105
Delaware#17751 in 66
Michigan#171,3241 in 64
Rhode Island#171401 in 62
Wyoming#17401 in 71
Connecticut#184001 in 66
Ohio#181,4291 in 71
Idaho#19701 in 85
Indiana#196161 in 83
Missouri#195491 in 78
Hawaii#20761 in 94
South Dakota#20881 in 77
District of Columbia#211731 in 82
New Jersey#217771 in 79
Vermont#21571 in 64
Florida#225111 in 103
Maryland#243291 in 100
Nevada#25411 in 94
Utah#25911 in 119
Virginia#283291 in 130
Kentucky#312501 in 131
West Virginia#321301 in 132
Louisiana#372401 in 166
Alabama#412001 in 175
Georgia#412541 in 188
Oklahoma#411371 in 157
South Carolina#471271 in 209
North Carolina#482421 in 203
Mississippi#501191 in 211
Tennessee#511941 in 198
Arkansas#56821 in 232

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 1964

girls
#1,265
76 births · 1 in 24,932 girls
boys
#19
24,342 births · 1 in 82 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #1,265Daniel76

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #19Daniel24,342
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 24,932 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 83.8% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,254Rina77
  2. #1,254Teresita77
  3. #1,254Troy77
  4. #1,265Daniel76
  5. #1,265Angella76
  6. #1,265Catalina76
  7. #1,265Damita76
  8. #1,281Araceli75
  9. #1,281Candie75
  10. #1,281Cleo75

Tied with 15 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,987Anjanette#5,891 → #904
  2. ↑ 2,403Deneen#2,619 → #216
  3. ↑ 2,162Denine#3,066 → #904
  4. ↑ 1,303Daneen#2,211 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,137Kecia#1,754 → #617
Fallers
  1. ↓ 341Leisha#993 → #1,334
  2. ↓ 320Cary#973 → #1,293
  3. ↓ 317Lisha#929 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 281Cecile#973 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 276Alexis#790 → #1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 82 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #16Paul26,874
  2. #17Charles25,908
  3. #18Kenneth24,850
  4. #19Daniel24,342
  5. #20Brian24,167
  6. #21Anthony20,126
  7. #22Gregory19,884
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
  2. ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
  3. ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
  4. ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
  5. ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Fallers
  1. ↓ 286Farrell#886 → #1,172
  2. ↓ 283Tal#813 → #1,096
  3. ↓ 278Laura#921 → #1,199
  4. ↓ 272Pamela#947 → #1,219
  5. ↓ 270Huey#891 → #1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964 →