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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201965peak #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 1965

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 57 boysAKMaine: #12 for boys · 193 births · 1 in 48 boysMEVermont: #19 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 54 boysVTNew Hampshire: #15 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 47 boysNHWashington: #14 for boys · 397 births · 1 in 62 boysWAIdaho: #15 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 67 boysIDMontana: #11 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 55 boysMTNorth Dakota: #13 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 49 boysNDMinnesota: #10 for boys · 846 births · 1 in 40 boysMNIllinois: #12 for boys · 1,713 births · 1 in 58 boysILWisconsin: #9 for boys · 1,075 births · 1 in 37 boysWIMichigan: #16 for boys · 1,464 births · 1 in 55 boysMINew York: #15 for boys · 2,610 births · 1 in 63 boysNYMassachusetts: #14 for boys · 1,045 births · 1 in 49 boysMARhode Island: #17 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 60 boysRIOregon: #15 for boys · 237 births · 1 in 65 boysORNevada: #12 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 63 boysNVWyoming: #16 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 69 boysWYSouth Dakota: #15 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 59 boysSDIowa: #13 for boys · 452 births · 1 in 55 boysIAIndiana: #16 for boys · 682 births · 1 in 69 boysINOhio: #18 for boys · 1,388 births · 1 in 68 boysOHPennsylvania: #14 for boys · 1,680 births · 1 in 60 boysPANew Jersey: #21 for boys · 818 births · 1 in 71 boysNJConnecticut: #16 for boys · 424 births · 1 in 59 boysCTCalifornia: #10 for boys · 2,637 births · 1 in 66 boysCAUtah: #25 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 123 boysUTColorado: #13 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 67 boysCONebraska: #14 for boys · 240 births · 1 in 53 boysNEMissouri: #21 for boys · 496 births · 1 in 80 boysMOKentucky: #30 for boys · 262 births · 1 in 113 boysKYWest Virginia: #23 for boys · 160 births · 1 in 94 boysWVVirginia: #26 for boys · 342 births · 1 in 114 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 376 births · 1 in 82 boysMDDelaware: #22 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 80 boysDEArizona: #9 for boys · 231 births · 1 in 66 boysAZNew Mexico: #12 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 75 boysNMKansas: #17 for boys · 213 births · 1 in 82 boysKSArkansas: #46 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 173 boysARTennessee: #40 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 162 boysTNNorth Carolina: #44 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 171 boysNCSouth Carolina: #37 for boys · 153 births · 1 in 157 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 149 births · 1 in 87 boysDCOklahoma: #34 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 135 boysOKLouisiana: #32 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 144 boysLAMississippi: #49 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 206 boysMSAlabama: #48 for boys · 164 births · 1 in 198 boysALGeorgia: #41 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 169 boysGAHawaii: #12 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 71 boysHITexas: #14 for boys · 1,008 births · 1 in 103 boysTXFlorida: #23 for boys · 502 births · 1 in 99 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Wisconsin#9 · 1 in 37
  2. Alaska#9 · 1 in 57
  3. Arizona#9 · 1 in 66
  4. Minnesota#10 · 1 in 40
  5. California#10 · 1 in 66

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#9521 in 57
Arizona#92311 in 66
Wisconsin#91,0751 in 37
California#102,6371 in 66
Minnesota#108461 in 40
Montana#111071 in 55
Hawaii#12941 in 71
Illinois#121,7131 in 58
Maine#121931 in 48
Nevada#12581 in 63
New Mexico#121451 in 75
Colorado#132691 in 67
Iowa#134521 in 55
North Dakota#131191 in 49
Massachusetts#141,0451 in 49
Nebraska#142401 in 53
Pennsylvania#141,6801 in 60
Texas#141,0081 in 103
Washington#143971 in 62
Idaho#15811 in 67
New Hampshire#151201 in 47
New York#152,6101 in 63
Oregon#152371 in 65
South Dakota#151031 in 59
Connecticut#164241 in 59
Indiana#166821 in 69
Michigan#161,4641 in 55
Wyoming#16371 in 69
Kansas#172131 in 82
Rhode Island#171391 in 60
Ohio#181,3881 in 68
Vermont#19631 in 54
Maryland#213761 in 82
Missouri#214961 in 80
New Jersey#218181 in 71
Delaware#22571 in 80
District of Columbia#231491 in 87
Florida#235021 in 99
West Virginia#231601 in 94
Utah#25821 in 123
Virginia#263421 in 114
Kentucky#302621 in 113
Louisiana#322541 in 144
Oklahoma#341431 in 135
South Carolina#371531 in 157
Tennessee#402161 in 162
Georgia#412641 in 169
North Carolina#442661 in 171
Arkansas#46981 in 173
Alabama#481641 in 198
Mississippi#491091 in 206

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 1965

girls
#1,048
100 births · 1 in 17,652 girls
boys
#17
24,833 births · 1 in 75 boys

Top girls' names in 1965

  1. #1Lisa60,271
  2. #2Mary34,270
  3. #3Karen32,869
  4. #4Kimberly28,836
  5. #5Susan26,321
  6. #6Patricia23,552
  7. #7Donna19,700
  8. #8Linda19,345
  9. #9Cynthia19,239
  10. #10Angela18,754
  11. #1,048Daniel100

Top boys' names in 1965

  1. #1Michael80,992
  2. #2John71,493
  3. #3David67,825
  4. #4James67,666
  5. #5Robert63,106
  6. #6William40,111
  7. #7Mark38,244
  8. #8Richard36,817
  9. #9Thomas31,595
  10. #10Jeffrey29,574
  11. #17Daniel24,833
More about 1965

girls

1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 17,652 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 86.1% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,042Denine101
  2. #1,042Inger101
  3. #1,042Sophie101
  4. #1,048Daniel100
  5. #1,048Denita100
  6. #1,048Fran100
  7. #1,048Joycelyn100
  8. #1,055Callie99
  9. #1,055Gala99
  10. #1,055Lina99

Tied with 6 names at #1,048; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 723Marni#1,610 → #887
  2. ↑ 654Dionne#1,281 → #627
  3. ↑ 432Marnie#1,016 → #584
  4. ↑ 426Keli#1,383 → #957
  5. ↑ 368Gia#1,334 → #966
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,326Djuna#738 → #2,064
  2. ↓ 470Djuana#756 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 383Shirl#714 → #1,097
  4. ↓ 297Beverley#955 → #1,252
  5. ↓ 275Dottie#912 → #1,187

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

boys

1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 75 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.6% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #14Steven27,977
  2. #15Scott25,437
  3. #16Paul24,919
  4. #17Daniel24,833
  5. #18Christopher24,640
  6. #19Brian24,552
  7. #20Charles23,494
Biggest movers since 1964
Risers
  1. ↑ 785Trace#1,655 → #870
  2. ↑ 729Darran#1,729 → #1,000
  3. ↑ 655Daryn#1,371 → #716
  4. ↑ 648Darian#1,545 → #897
  5. ↑ 512Darryn#1,327 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,557Jaimie#809 → #2,366
  2. ↓ 443Tammy#875 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 406Destry#637 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 318Dewitt#936 → #1,254
  5. ↓ 303Cassius#860 → #1,163

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

See the top 100 for 1965 →