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.

Daniels

#21,198 most common boys' name of all time · #55,826 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1945–2018

Rank among boys
#21,198
Rank overall
#55,826 of 105,966
First appeared
1945
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
39
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1985 #5,385
Best rank
#2,992 1945
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
196019802000

Daniels first appears in 1945. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2018 — 5 5 #12,416
2008 — 5 5 #12,847
1994 — 5 5 #9,080
1985 — 7 7 #5,385
1974 — 5 5 #5,547
1956 — 5 5 #4,333
1945 — 7 7 #2,992