Danyal**
#5,553 most common boys' name of all time · #13,827 across all names · 78% male / 22% female · used 1972–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,553
Rank overall
#13,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
785
Since 2016
170
Peak year
2002 #3,223
Best rank
#3,054 1998
Girls
Boys
peak 28/yr
Danyal first appears in 1972. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,908 |
| 2024 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,244 |
| 2023 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,507 |
| 2022 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,492 |
| 2021 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,852 |
| 2020 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,529 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,650 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,826 |
| 2017 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,622 |
| 2016 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,839 |
| 2015 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,422 |
| 2014 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,303 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,728 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,810 |
| 2011 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,576 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,880 |
| 2008 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,604 |
| 2007 | — | 25 | 25 | #4,059 |
| 2006 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,611 |
| 2005 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,380 |
| 2004 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,197 |
| 2003 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,402 |
| 2002 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,223 |
| 2001 | — | 16 | 16 | #4,762 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,082 |
| 1999 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,913 |
| 1998 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,054 |
| 1997 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,571 |
| 1996 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,939 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,295 |
| 1994 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,100 |
| 1993 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #4,353 |
| 1992 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #7,834 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,411 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | 6 | 16 | #6,384 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #6,022 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1981 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #3,785 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,656 |
| 1977 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1976 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #6,133 |
| 1975 | 22 | 5 | 27 | #6,036 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1973 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1972 | 5 | — | 5 | — |