Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Daniel

#12 most common boys' name of all time · #13 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#12
Rank overall
#13 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,991,091
Since 2016
99,522
Peak year
1985 #5
Best rank
#5 1985
Girls Boys peak 38,853/yr
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Daniel is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8,085 8,093 #22
2024 10 8,426 8,436 #16
2023 19 8,402 8,421 #17
2022 11 9,121 9,132 #14
2021 12 9,162 9,174 #16
2020 19 9,530 9,549 #14
2019 17 10,592 10,609 #15
2018 19 11,296 11,315 #15
2017 14 11,758 11,772 #15
2016 25 12,996 13,021 #13
2015 20 13,543 13,563 #12
2014 25 13,961 13,986 #10
2013 29 14,326 14,355 #10
2012 19 14,304 14,323 #11
2011 25 15,307 15,332 #10
2010 30 15,869 15,899 #8
2009 40 17,564 17,604 #7
2008 50 19,032 19,082 #5
2007 30 20,268 20,298 #5
2006 47 20,082 20,129 #6
2005 50 20,236 20,286 #7
2004 76 21,018 21,094 #7
2003 53 21,072 21,125 #8
2002 38 21,352 21,390 #10
2001 61 21,013 21,074 #9
2000 63 22,338 22,401 #9
1999 64 22,704 22,768 #9
1998 74 23,165 23,239 #12
1997 80 23,950 24,030 #11
1996 76 25,128 25,204 #11
1995 104 26,728 26,832 #9
1994 131 28,065 28,196 #8
1993 130 28,698 28,828 #7
1992 147 29,157 29,304 #7
1991 166 30,935 31,101 #6
1990 149 33,830 33,979 #5
1989 188 35,007 35,195 #6
1988 280 34,718 34,998 #8
1987 265 35,876 36,141 #7
1986 288 36,573 36,861 #6
1985 294 38,559 38,853 #5
1984 269 36,531 36,800 #6
1983 258 34,748 35,006 #8
1982 255 32,652 32,907 #10
1981 213 30,985 31,198 #10
1980 219 29,888 30,107 #11
1979 202 28,521 28,723 #12
1978 177 26,441 26,618 #11
1977 193 26,073 26,266 #11
1976 172 24,702 24,874 #10
1975 165 23,814 23,979 #11
1974 153 23,833 23,986 #11
1973 142 23,672 23,814 #11
1972 132 22,092 22,224 #15
1971 116 21,785 21,901 #20
1970 101 23,521 23,622 #19
1969 98 23,165 23,263 #18
1968 103 22,012 22,115 #18
1967 91 22,192 22,283 #19
1966 75 23,269 23,344 #19
1965 100 24,833 24,933 #17
1964 76 24,342 24,418 #19
1963 83 24,815 24,898 #19
1962 100 25,543 25,643 #17
1961 65 25,904 25,969 #17
1960 78 25,945 26,023 #17
1959 75 25,155 25,230 #18
1958 66 25,619 25,685 #16
1957 57 27,337 27,394 #16
1956 56 26,655 26,711 #18
1955 48 26,460 26,508 #17
1954 42 25,275 25,317 #18
1953 44 23,498 23,542 #20
1952 31 23,418 23,449 #20
1951 33 21,121 21,154 #21
1950 44 19,189 19,233 #21
1949 46 18,240 18,286 #22
1948 48 16,510 16,558 #22
1947 36 15,189 15,225 #22
1946 33 12,867 12,900 #21
1945 32 9,708 9,740 #24
1944 26 9,314 9,340 #25
1943 34 9,168 9,202 #25
1942 28 8,507 8,535 #28
1941 31 7,050 7,081 #31
1940 23 6,225 6,248 #34
1939 23 5,797 5,820 #38
1938 27 5,583 5,610 #39
1937 16 5,124 5,140 #39
1936 18 4,817 4,835 #41
1935 17 4,591 4,608 #43
1934 22 4,502 4,524 #42
1933 16 4,310 4,326 #42
1932 19 4,449 4,468 #42
1931 26 4,360 4,386 #44
1930 23 4,465 4,488 #47
1929 35 4,366 4,401 #47
1928 34 4,426 4,460 #47
1927 35 4,615 4,650 #46
1926 31 4,516 4,547 #46
1925 25 4,548 4,573 #44
1924 29 4,403 4,432 #47
1923 13 4,264 4,277 #47
1922 21 4,285 4,306 #47
1921 16 4,087 4,103 #49
1920 18 3,897 3,915 #52
1919 10 3,526 3,536 #51
1918 19 3,726 3,745 #52
1917 12 3,360 3,372 #54
1916 11 3,149 3,160 #55
1915 9 3,002 3,011 #55
1914 14 2,325 2,339 #55
1913 7 1,878 1,885 #54
1912 6 1,524 1,530 #53
1911 — 796 796 #53
1910 — 692 692 #53
1909 — 569 569 #54
1908 — 530 530 #54
1907 — 528 528 #52
1906 — 506 506 #48
1905 5 484 489 #50
1904 — 472 472 #49
1903 — 432 432 #50
1902 — 501 501 #45
1901 — 416 416 #48
1900 7 598 605 #44
1899 — 485 485 #42
1898 — 523 523 #45
1897 — 520 520 #39
1896 — 561 561 #38
1895 — 516 516 #40
1894 — 515 515 #42
1893 — 522 522 #39
1892 — 533 533 #41
1891 — 505 505 #37
1890 — 505 505 #39
1889 — 515 515 #36
1888 — 566 566 #35
1887 — 556 556 #31
1886 — 555 555 #33
1885 — 535 535 #32
1884 — 573 573 #32
1883 — 615 615 #25
1882 — 594 594 #29
1881 — 527 527 #29
1880 — 643 643 #25