# Danial (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danial/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,474 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,394 / 80 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 583, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 7 | 7,039 |
| 1975 | 6 | 8,212 |
| 1976 | 6 | 8,379 |
| 1977 | 6 | 8,688 |
| 1978 | 5 | 10,095 |
| 1979 | 7 | 8,231 |
| 1980 | 5 | 10,746 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,450 |
| 1984 | 6 | 9,399 |
| 1986 | 5 | 11,338 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,129 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,573 |
| 1990 | 5 | 13,461 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 3,531 |
| 2012 | 33 | 3,313 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,679 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,100 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3,805 |
| 2016 | 30 | 3,610 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,795 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,620 |
| 2019 | 14 | 6,167 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,893 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,810 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,483 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,369 |
| 2024 | 15 | 5,972 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,402 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,447 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,313 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 14 | 1,704 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 11 | 1,991 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.