How Many People Are Named Daniel?
people named Daniel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 210 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,991,091 babies named Daniel in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
38,853 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian and Faroese form of DANIEL.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Daniel (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Daniel alive today is about 41 years old, and 49% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 26 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Daniel first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1985, to 38,853 babies. In 2025, 8,093 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Daniel reached #5 among boys' names in 1985, 1990 and 2007 to 2008, and was in the top 10 in 31 years between 1976 and 2014. In 2025 it ranked #22.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #22 |
| Best rank | #5 (1985, 1990 and 2007 to 2008) |
| Years in the top 10 | 31 |
| Years in the top 100 | 146 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Daniel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Daniel were born in California than in any other state: about 235,487 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Daniel was given 1.4 times as often in Massachusetts, 1.3 times in Connecticut and 1.3 times in Wisconsin.
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