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Daniel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8,085 in 2025. Its best rank was #5 in 2008.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #5 in 2008; #22 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Daniel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#22 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2008, at #5.
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Daniel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8,085 boys in 2025. Peak: #5 in 2008 · most boys in one year: 38,559 (1985).
In 2025, 8,085 US boys were named Daniel, making it the 22nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #16 in 2024. That is 341 fewer than the 8,426 boys named Daniel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #5, reached in 2008. The most boys given the name in a single year was 38,559, in 1985. For comparison, it was #12 in 2015 and #21 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Daniel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 643 babies with the name. In all, 1,991,091 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 348,066 babies named Daniel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 99,368 US boys were named Daniel; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 12,996. In 2025 that was about 1 in 211 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Daniel ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #13 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 49 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Danny (288,341 babies since 1880), Dan (107,130 babies since 1880), Dannie (11,446 babies since 1880) and Danial (9,474 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Danniel, Daneil and Daniyal are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dan, Dann and Danny.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Danniel (2,604), Daneil (1,248), Daniyal (815), Danie (815), Danyal (785), Danille (702), Danel (488), Dannell (376), Daniil (354), Danyele (327), Danuel (291), Danil (278), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 232 | #13 | #15 |
| Washington | 233 | #13 | #12 |
| Arizona | 220 | #15 | #6 |
| District of Columbia | 26 | #16 | #11 |
| New Mexico | 47 | #17 | #10 |
| Texas | 976 | #17 | #5 |
| New Jersey | 256 | #17 | #10 |
| New York | 478 | #18 | #10 |
| California | 1,145 | #18 | #4 |
| Hawaii | 26 | #18 | #39 |
| Georgia | 261 | #18 | #16 |
| Nevada | 73 | #19 | #9 |
| Alaska | 22 | #19 | #20 |
| Oregon | 100 | #20 | #20 |
| South Carolina | 124 | #21 | #26 |
| Illinois | 284 | #21 | #8 |
| Pennsylvania | 322 | #22 | #13 |
| Florida | 494 | #24 | #10 |
| Delaware | 23 | #25 | #42 |
| North Carolina | 273 | #25 | #24 |
| Alabama | 112 | #26 | #51 |
| Kansas | 79 | #27 | #40 |
| Massachusetts | 163 | #27 | #17 |
| Maryland | 126 | #28 | #10 |
| Colorado | 144 | #28 | #17 |
| Michigan | 198 | #30 | #38 |
| New Hampshire | 33 | #32 | #49 |
| Indiana | 145 | #32 | #34 |
| Tennessee | 165 | #33 | #32 |
| Connecticut | 77 | #37 | #16 |
| Missouri | 135 | #38 | #49 |
| Montana | 24 | #39 | #21 |
| Minnesota | 108 | #41 | #31 |
| Utah | 89 | #42 | #23 |
| Idaho | 42 | #43 | #20 |
| South Dakota | 22 | #43 | #21 |
| Arkansas | 56 | #43 | #57 |
| Rhode Island | 18 | #44 | #20 |
| Mississippi | 46 | #44 | #59 |
| Oklahoma | 75 | #47 | #38 |
| West Virginia | 30 | #50 | #72 |
| Ohio | 206 | #51 | #46 |
| Kentucky | 79 | #52 | #48 |
| Iowa | 58 | #52 | #45 |
| North Dakota | 18 | #56 | #74 |
| Wisconsin | 88 | #59 | #39 |
| Nebraska | 37 | #60 | #29 |
| Louisiana | 66 | #61 | #47 |
| Maine | 17 | #69 | #36 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #11,166 | 8,085 | #22 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,708 | 8,426 | #16 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,225 | 8,402 | #17 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,194 | 9,121 | #14 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,604 | 9,162 | #16 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,133 | 9,530 | #14 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,788 | 10,592 | #15 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,314 | 11,296 | #15 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,949 | 11,758 | #15 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,324 | 12,996 | #13 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,288 | 13,543 | #12 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,348 | 13,961 | #10 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,787 | 14,326 | #10 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,668 | 14,304 | #11 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,411 | 15,307 | #10 |
| 2010 | 30 | #4,773 | 15,869 | #8 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,889 | 17,564 | #7 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,335 | 19,032 | #5 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,846 | 20,268 | #5 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,421 | 20,082 | #6 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,136 | 20,236 | #7 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,294 | 21,018 | #7 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,898 | 21,072 | #8 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,536 | 21,352 | #10 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,516 | 21,013 | #9 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,434 | 22,338 | #9 |
| 1999 | 64 | #2,317 | 22,704 | #9 |
| 1998 | 74 | #2,015 | 23,165 | #12 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,852 | 23,950 | #11 |
| 1996 | 76 | #1,899 | 25,128 | #11 |
| 1995 | 104 | #1,511 | 26,728 | #9 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,296 | 28,065 | #8 |
| 1993 | 130 | #1,302 | 28,698 | #7 |
| 1992 | 147 | #1,190 | 29,157 | #7 |
| 1991 | 166 | #1,087 | 30,935 | #6 |
| 1990 | 149 | #1,157 | 33,830 | #5 |
| 1989 | 188 | #945 | 35,007 | #6 |
| 1988 | 280 | #686 | 34,718 | #8 |
| 1987 | 265 | #693 | 35,876 | #7 |
| 1986 | 288 | #641 | 36,573 | #6 |
| 1985 | 294 | #634 | 38,559 | #5 |
| 1984 | 269 | #648 | 36,531 | #6 |
| 1983 | 258 | #666 | 34,748 | #8 |
| 1982 | 255 | #687 | 32,652 | #10 |
| 1981 | 213 | #766 | 30,985 | #10 |
| 1980 | 219 | #757 | 29,888 | #11 |
| 1979 | 202 | #786 | 28,521 | #12 |
| 1978 | 177 | #837 | 26,441 | #11 |
| 1977 | 193 | #783 | 26,073 | #11 |
| 1976 | 172 | #807 | 24,702 | #10 |
| 1975 | 165 | #823 | 23,814 | #11 |
| 1974 | 153 | #856 | 23,833 | #11 |
| 1973 | 142 | #884 | 23,672 | #11 |
| 1972 | 132 | #930 | 22,092 | #15 |
| 1971 | 116 | #1,041 | 21,785 | #20 |
| 1970 | 101 | #1,145 | 23,521 | #19 |
| 1969 | 98 | #1,117 | 23,165 | #18 |
| 1968 | 103 | #1,023 | 22,012 | #18 |
| 1967 | 91 | #1,093 | 22,192 | #19 |
| 1966 | 75 | #1,244 | 23,269 | #19 |
| 1965 | 100 | #1,048 | 24,833 | #17 |
| 1964 | 76 | #1,268 | 24,342 | #19 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,204 | 24,815 | #19 |
| 1962 | 100 | #1,082 | 25,543 | #17 |
| 1961 | 65 | #1,388 | 25,904 | #17 |
| 1960 | 78 | #1,239 | 25,945 | #17 |
| 1959 | 75 | #1,233 | 25,155 | #18 |
| 1958 | 66 | #1,305 | 25,619 | #16 |
| 1957 | 57 | #1,399 | 27,337 | #16 |
| 1956 | 56 | #1,402 | 26,655 | #18 |
| 1955 | 48 | #1,468 | 26,460 | #17 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,565 | 25,275 | #18 |
| 1953 | 44 | #1,476 | 23,498 | #20 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,788 | 23,418 | #20 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,669 | 21,121 | #21 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,380 | 19,189 | #21 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,355 | 18,240 | #22 |
| 1948 | 48 | #1,330 | 16,510 | #22 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,582 | 15,189 | #22 |
| 1946 | 33 | #1,534 | 12,867 | #21 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,424 | 9,708 | #24 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,619 | 9,314 | #25 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,428 | 9,168 | #25 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,564 | 8,507 | #28 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,390 | 7,050 | #31 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,644 | 6,225 | #34 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,598 | 5,797 | #38 |
| 1938 | 27 | #1,449 | 5,583 | #39 |
| 1937 | 16 | #2,018 | 5,124 | #39 |
| 1936 | 18 | #1,814 | 4,817 | #41 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,938 | 4,591 | #43 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,614 | 4,502 | #42 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,983 | 4,310 | #42 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,831 | 4,449 | #42 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,467 | 4,360 | #44 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,672 | 4,465 | #47 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,259 | 4,366 | #47 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,317 | 4,426 | #47 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,368 | 4,615 | #46 |
| 1926 | 31 | #1,456 | 4,516 | #46 |
| 1925 | 25 | #1,704 | 4,548 | #44 |
| 1924 | 29 | #1,577 | 4,403 | #47 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,615 | 4,264 | #47 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,911 | 4,285 | #47 |
| 1921 | 16 | #2,308 | 4,087 | #49 |
| 1920 | 18 | #2,092 | 3,897 | #52 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,053 | 3,526 | #51 |
| 1918 | 19 | #1,977 | 3,726 | #52 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,593 | 3,360 | #54 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,699 | 3,149 | #55 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,947 | 3,002 | #55 |
| 1914 | 14 | #1,830 | 2,325 | #55 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,601 | 1,878 | #54 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,705 | 1,524 | #53 |
| 1911 | — | — | 796 | #53 |
| 1910 | — | — | 692 | #53 |
| 1909 | — | — | 569 | #54 |
| 1908 | — | — | 530 | #54 |
| 1907 | — | — | 528 | #52 |
| 1906 | — | — | 506 | #48 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,005 | 484 | #50 |
| 1904 | — | — | 472 | #49 |
| 1903 | — | — | 432 | #50 |
| 1902 | — | — | 501 | #45 |
| 1901 | — | — | 416 | #48 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,608 | 598 | #44 |
| 1899 | — | — | 485 | #42 |
| 1898 | — | — | 523 | #45 |
| 1897 | — | — | 520 | #39 |
| 1896 | — | — | 561 | #38 |
| 1895 | — | — | 516 | #40 |
| 1894 | — | — | 515 | #41 |
| 1893 | — | — | 522 | #39 |
| 1892 | — | — | 533 | #41 |
| 1891 | — | — | 505 | #37 |
| 1890 | — | — | 505 | #39 |
| 1889 | — | — | 515 | #36 |
| 1888 | — | — | 566 | #35 |
| 1887 | — | — | 556 | #31 |
| 1886 | — | — | 555 | #33 |
| 1885 | — | — | 535 | #32 |
| 1884 | — | — | 573 | #32 |
| 1883 | — | — | 615 | #25 |
| 1882 | — | — | 594 | #29 |
| 1881 | — | — | 527 | #29 |
| 1880 | — | — | 643 | #25 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).