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
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 38,559 births
- Debut · boys
- 643 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 146 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,982,812since 1880
Daniel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #22 | 8,085 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #16 | 8,426 |
| 2023 | #6,169 | 19 | #17 | 8,402 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #14 | 9,121 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #16 | 9,162 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #14 | 9,530 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #15 | 10,592 |
| 2018 | #6,248 | 19 | #15 | 11,296 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #15 | 11,758 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #13 | 12,996 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 | #12 | 13,543 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 | #10 | 13,961 |
| 2013 | #4,755 | 29 | #10 | 14,326 |
| 2012 | #6,576 | 19 | #11 | 14,304 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 | #10 | 15,307 |
| 2010 | #4,735 | 30 | #8 | 15,869 |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | #7 | 17,564 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #5 | 19,032 |
| 2007 | #4,808 | 30 | #5 | 20,268 |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | #6 | 20,082 |
| 2005 | #3,126 | 50 | #7 | 20,236 |
| 2004 | #2,286 | 76 | #7 | 21,018 |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | #8 | 21,072 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #10 | 21,352 |
| 2001 | #2,512 | 61 | #9 | 21,013 |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | #9 | 22,338 |
| 1999 | #2,307 | 64 | #9 | 22,704 |
| 1998 | #2,013 | 74 | #12 | 23,165 |
| 1997 | #1,845 | 80 | #11 | 23,950 |
| 1996 | #1,898 | 76 | #11 | 25,128 |
| 1995 | #1,508 | 104 | #9 | 26,728 |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | #8 | 28,065 |
| 1993 | #1,299 | 130 | #7 | 28,698 |
| 1992 | #1,188 | 147 | #7 | 29,157 |
| 1991 | #1,087 | 166 | #6 | 30,935 |
| 1990 | #1,154 | 149 | #5 | 33,830 |
| 1989 | #944 | 188 | #6 | 35,007 |
| 1988 | #685 | 280 | #8 | 34,718 |
| 1987 | #692 | 265 | #7 | 35,876 |
| 1986 | #641 | 288 | #6 | 36,573 |
| 1985 | #632 | 294 | #5 | 38,559 |
| 1984 | #648 | 269 | #6 | 36,531 |
| 1983 | #666 | 258 | #8 | 34,748 |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | #10 | 32,652 |
| 1981 | #765 | 213 | #10 | 30,985 |
| 1980 | #757 | 219 | #11 | 29,888 |
| 1979 | #785 | 202 | #12 | 28,521 |
| 1978 | #836 | 177 | #11 | 26,441 |
| 1977 | #783 | 193 | #11 | 26,073 |
| 1976 | #807 | 172 | #10 | 24,702 |
| 1975 | #823 | 165 | #11 | 23,814 |
| 1974 | #855 | 153 | #11 | 23,833 |
| 1973 | #882 | 142 | #11 | 23,672 |
| 1972 | #928 | 132 | #15 | 22,092 |
| 1971 | #1,041 | 116 | #20 | 21,785 |
| 1970 | #1,144 | 101 | #19 | 23,521 |
| 1969 | #1,117 | 98 | #18 | 23,165 |
| 1968 | #1,022 | 103 | #18 | 22,012 |
| 1967 | #1,093 | 91 | #19 | 22,192 |
| 1966 | #1,241 | 75 | #19 | 23,269 |
| 1965 | #1,048 | 100 | #17 | 24,833 |
| 1964 | #1,265 | 76 | #19 | 24,342 |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 | #19 | 24,815 |
| 1962 | #1,081 | 100 | #17 | 25,543 |
| 1961 | #1,387 | 65 | #17 | 25,904 |
| 1960 | #1,236 | 78 | #17 | 25,945 |
| 1959 | #1,230 | 75 | #18 | 25,155 |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 | #16 | 25,619 |
| 1957 | #1,398 | 57 | #16 | 27,337 |
| 1956 | #1,398 | 56 | #18 | 26,655 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 | #17 | 26,460 |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | #18 | 25,275 |
| 1953 | #1,473 | 44 | #20 | 23,498 |
| 1952 | #1,781 | 31 | #20 | 23,418 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #21 | 21,121 |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | #21 | 19,189 |
| 1949 | #1,353 | 46 | #22 | 18,240 |
| 1948 | #1,327 | 48 | #22 | 16,510 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #22 | 15,189 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | #21 | 12,867 |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | #24 | 9,708 |
| 1944 | #1,609 | 26 | #25 | 9,314 |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 | #25 | 9,168 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 | #28 | 8,507 |
| 1941 | #1,384 | 31 | #31 | 7,050 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 | #34 | 6,225 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #38 | 5,797 |
| 1938 | #1,437 | 27 | #39 | 5,583 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #39 | 5,124 |
| 1936 | #1,801 | 18 | #41 | 4,817 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #43 | 4,591 |
| 1934 | #1,603 | 22 | #42 | 4,502 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #42 | 4,310 |
| 1932 | #1,817 | 19 | #42 | 4,449 |
| 1931 | #1,459 | 26 | #44 | 4,360 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 | #47 | 4,465 |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | #47 | 4,366 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #47 | 4,426 |
| 1927 | #1,362 | 35 | #46 | 4,615 |
| 1926 | #1,449 | 31 | #46 | 4,516 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 | #44 | 4,548 |
| 1924 | #1,566 | 29 | #47 | 4,403 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 | #47 | 4,264 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 | #47 | 4,285 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #49 | 4,087 |
| 1920 | #2,079 | 18 | #52 | 3,897 |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | #51 | 3,526 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #52 | 3,726 |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | #54 | 3,360 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #55 | 3,149 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | #55 | 3,002 |
| 1914 | #1,818 | 14 | #55 | 2,325 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #54 | 1,878 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #53 | 1,524 |
| 1911 | — | #53 | 796 | |
| 1910 | — | #53 | 692 | |
| 1909 | — | #54 | 569 | |
| 1908 | — | #54 | 530 | |
| 1907 | — | #52 | 528 | |
| 1906 | — | #48 | 506 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #50 | 484 |
| 1904 | — | #49 | 472 | |
| 1903 | — | #50 | 432 | |
| 1902 | — | #45 | 501 | |
| 1901 | — | #48 | 416 | |
| 1900 | #1,561 | 7 | #44 | 598 |
| 1899 | — | #42 | 485 | |
| 1898 | — | #45 | 523 | |
| 1897 | — | #39 | 520 | |
| 1896 | — | #38 | 561 | |
| 1895 | — | #40 | 516 | |
| 1894 | — | #41 | 515 | |
| 1893 | — | #39 | 522 | |
| 1892 | — | #41 | 533 | |
| 1891 | — | #37 | 505 | |
| 1890 | — | #39 | 505 | |
| 1889 | — | #36 | 515 | |
| 1888 | — | #35 | 566 | |
| 1887 | — | #31 | 556 | |
| 1886 | — | #33 | 555 | |
| 1885 | — | #32 | 535 | |
| 1884 | — | #32 | 573 | |
| 1883 | — | #25 | 615 | |
| 1882 | — | #29 | 594 | |
| 1881 | — | #29 | 527 | |
| 1880 | — | #25 | 643 | |
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 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- California#1 · 1 in 56
- Arizona#4 · 1 in 62
- Illinois#5 · 1 in 63
- New Jersey#6 · 1 in 52
- New York#6 · 1 in 59
Best ever in a state: #1 in California, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1 | 4,319 | 1 in 56 |
| Arizona | #4 | 561 | 1 in 62 |
| Illinois | #5 | 1,277 | 1 in 63 |
| New Jersey | #6 | 933 | 1 in 52 |
| New York | #6 | 1,940 | 1 in 59 |
| Colorado | #7 | 359 | 1 in 73 |
| District of Columbia | #7 | 79 | 1 in 62 |
| New Mexico | #7 | 166 | 1 in 65 |
| Florida | #8 | 1,258 | 1 in 69 |
| Massachusetts | #8 | 675 | 1 in 54 |
| Nevada | #8 | 164 | 1 in 69 |
| Oregon | #8 | 255 | 1 in 78 |
| Washington | #9 | 450 | 1 in 77 |
| Connecticut | #10 | 323 | 1 in 58 |
| Texas | #10 | 1,986 | 1 in 81 |
| Alaska | #11 | 51 | 1 in 65 |
| Rhode Island | #14 | 87 | 1 in 62 |
| Maryland | #15 | 395 | 1 in 72 |
| Utah | #15 | 198 | 1 in 99 |
| North Carolina | #16 | 592 | 1 in 82 |
| Pennsylvania | #16 | 877 | 1 in 76 |
| New Hampshire | #18 | 83 | 1 in 73 |
| Delaware | #19 | 64 | 1 in 61 |
| South Dakota | #19 | 46 | 1 in 86 |
| Virginia | #19 | 483 | 1 in 82 |
| Georgia | #20 | 514 | 1 in 100 |
| Kansas | #20 | 156 | 1 in 101 |
| Michigan | #20 | 618 | 1 in 97 |
| Missouri | #20 | 367 | 1 in 94 |
| Minnesota | #22 | 292 | 1 in 98 |
| South Carolina | #22 | 215 | 1 in 95 |
| Hawaii | #23 | 56 | 1 in 92 |
| Ohio | #23 | 717 | 1 in 98 |
| Wisconsin | #23 | 300 | 1 in 97 |
| Alabama | #24 | 221 | 1 in 114 |
| Nebraska | #24 | 100 | 1 in 100 |
| Tennessee | #24 | 353 | 1 in 102 |
| Oklahoma | #25 | 187 | 1 in 110 |
| Idaho | #26 | 71 | 1 in 107 |
| Kentucky | #26 | 233 | 1 in 101 |
| Mississippi | #26 | 121 | 1 in 127 |
| Iowa | #27 | 147 | 1 in 111 |
| Louisiana | #27 | 195 | 1 in 140 |
| Montana | #27 | 36 | 1 in 111 |
| West Virginia | #28 | 85 | 1 in 105 |
| Wyoming | #29 | 20 | 1 in 96 |
| Indiana | #31 | 332 | 1 in 115 |
| Maine | #31 | 53 | 1 in 107 |
| Arkansas | #33 | 110 | 1 in 131 |
| Vermont | #35 | 22 | 1 in 107 |
| North Dakota | #46 | 23 | 1 in 153 |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,679 | #25 (1880) | #31 |
| 1890s | 5,185 | #37 (1891) | #40 |
| 1900s | 5,036 | #44 (1900) | #49 |
| 1910s | 23,978 | #51 (1919) | #54 |
| 1920s | 43,407 | #44 (1925) | #47 |
| 1930s | 47,998 | #38 (1939) | #42 |
| 1940s | 112,778 | #21 (1946) | #25 |
| 1950s | 243,727 | #16 (1957) | #19 |
| 1960s | 242,020 | #17 (1960) | #18 |
| 1970s | 244,454 | #10 (1976) | #13 |
| 1980s | 345,537 | #5 (1985) | #8 |
| 1990s | 272,360 | #5 (1990) | #9 |
| 2000s | 203,975 | #5 (2007) | #7 |
| 2010s | 133,952 | #8 (2010) | #12 |
| 2020s | 52,726 | #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 1998
girls
#2,013
74 births · 1 in 23,878 girls
boys
#12
23,165 births · 1 in 83 boys
Top girls' names in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 23,878 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 87.9% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Daniel
- #1,992Thea75
- #1,992Torri75
- #1,992Yamilex75
- #2,013Daniel74
- #2,013Alesia74
- #2,013Camry74
- #2,013Deyanira74
- #2,026Abbygail73
- #2,026Ajah73
- #2,026Ami73
Tied with 12 names at #2,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 83 of them was named Daniel, which outranked 99.9% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Daniel
Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.