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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #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 1996

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #10 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 54 boysAKMaine: #20 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 81 boysMEVermont: #13 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 58 boysVTNew Hampshire: #18 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 70 boysNHWashington: #11 for boys · 440 births · 1 in 77 boysWAIdaho: #10 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 75 boysIDMontana: #14 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 73 boysMTNorth Dakota: #25 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 97 boysNDMinnesota: #17 for boys · 350 births · 1 in 81 boysMNIllinois: #5 for boys · 1,444 births · 1 in 56 boysILWisconsin: #17 for boys · 356 births · 1 in 82 boysWIMichigan: #20 for boys · 693 births · 1 in 86 boysMINew York: #6 for boys · 2,132 births · 1 in 56 boysNYMassachusetts: #9 for boys · 737 births · 1 in 50 boysMARhode Island: #15 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #9 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 69 boysORNevada: #5 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 55 boysNVWyoming: #20 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 84 boysWYSouth Dakota: #21 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 93 boysSDIowa: #23 for boys · 150 births · 1 in 111 boysIAIndiana: #24 for boys · 379 births · 1 in 99 boysINOhio: #20 for boys · 833 births · 1 in 84 boysOHPennsylvania: #13 for boys · 1,098 births · 1 in 62 boysPANew Jersey: #6 for boys · 989 births · 1 in 49 boysNJConnecticut: #8 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 53 boysCTCalifornia: #1 for boys · 4,705 births · 1 in 54 boysCAUtah: #20 for boys · 177 births · 1 in 107 boysUTColorado: #14 for boys · 329 births · 1 in 75 boysCONebraska: #21 for boys · 104 births · 1 in 94 boysNEMissouri: #17 for boys · 391 births · 1 in 88 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 223 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #22 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 89 boysWVVirginia: #17 for boys · 537 births · 1 in 73 boysVAMaryland: #16 for boys · 429 births · 1 in 67 boysMDDelaware: #16 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 56 boysDEArizona: #3 for boys · 593 births · 1 in 57 boysAZNew Mexico: #7 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 65 boysNMKansas: #18 for boys · 156 births · 1 in 96 boysKSArkansas: #28 for boys · 124 births · 1 in 117 boysARTennessee: #19 for boys · 392 births · 1 in 88 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 538 births · 1 in 85 boysNCSouth Carolina: #20 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 84 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #9 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 62 boysDCOklahoma: #28 for boys · 168 births · 1 in 113 boysOKLouisiana: #24 for boys · 227 births · 1 in 118 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 117 boysMSAlabama: #21 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 101 boysALGeorgia: #20 for boys · 524 births · 1 in 92 boysGAHawaii: #15 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 76 boysHITexas: #8 for boys · 2,034 births · 1 in 77 boysTXFlorida: #9 for boys · 1,307 births · 1 in 65 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1 · 1 in 54
  2. Arizona#3 · 1 in 57
  3. Nevada#5 · 1 in 55
  4. Illinois#5 · 1 in 56
  5. New Jersey#6 · 1 in 49

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#14,7051 in 54
Arizona#35931 in 57
Illinois#51,4441 in 56
Nevada#51891 in 55
New Jersey#69891 in 49
New York#62,1321 in 56
New Mexico#71651 in 65
Connecticut#83621 in 53
Texas#82,0341 in 77
District of Columbia#9811 in 62
Florida#91,3071 in 65
Massachusetts#97371 in 50
Oregon#92861 in 69
Alaska#10661 in 54
Idaho#10981 in 75
Washington#114401 in 77
Pennsylvania#131,0981 in 62
Vermont#13441 in 58
Colorado#143291 in 75
Montana#14561 in 73
Hawaii#15751 in 76
Rhode Island#15981 in 56
Delaware#16681 in 56
Maryland#164291 in 67
Minnesota#173501 in 81
Missouri#173911 in 88
Virginia#175371 in 73
Wisconsin#173561 in 82
Kansas#181561 in 96
New Hampshire#18881 in 70
North Carolina#195381 in 85
Tennessee#193921 in 88
Georgia#205241 in 92
Maine#20711 in 81
Michigan#206931 in 86
Ohio#208331 in 84
South Carolina#202331 in 84
Utah#201771 in 107
Wyoming#20241 in 84
Alabama#212491 in 101
Nebraska#211041 in 94
South Dakota#21451 in 93
West Virginia#221031 in 89
Iowa#231501 in 111
Indiana#243791 in 99
Louisiana#242271 in 118
Mississippi#241291 in 117
North Dakota#25391 in 97
Kentucky#262231 in 104
Arkansas#281241 in 117
Oklahoma#281681 in 113

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 1996

girls
#1,898
76 births · 1 in 23,066 girls
boys
#11
25,128 births · 1 in 75 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #1,898Daniel76

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #11Daniel25,128
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 23,066 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 88.1% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #1,881Sunny77
  2. #1,881Tera77
  3. #1,881Vicki77
  4. #1,898Daniel76
  5. #1,898Charlee76
  6. #1,898Jalissa76
  7. #1,898Jeanine76
  8. #1,915Alexzandria75
  9. #1,915Ami75
  10. #1,915Caley75

Tied with 16 names at #1,898; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 75 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.9% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Daniel
  1. #8Brandon25,847
  2. #9Austin25,663
  3. #10Andrew25,244
  4. #11Daniel25,128
  5. #12Joseph24,758
  6. #13David23,022
  7. #14Zachary22,369
Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →