# Daniela (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/daniela/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dænˈjɛ.lə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Daniella |
| US babies named this | 68,682 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 168 / 68,514 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,540, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Feminine form of Daniel.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,870 | 169 |
| 2012 | 1,637 | 194 |
| 2013 | 1,438 | 223 |
| 2014 | 1,496 | 226 |
| 2015 | 1,643 | 201 |
| 2016 | 1,669 | 196 |
| 2017 | 1,590 | 197 |
| 2018 | 1,560 | 195 |
| 2019 | 1,408 | 218 |
| 2020 | 1,283 | 231 |
| 2021 | 1,177 | 265 |
| 2022 | 1,216 | 256 |
| 2023 | 1,231 | 252 |
| 2024 | 1,130 | 280 |
| 2025 | 1,009 | 302 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 12 | 4,771 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,089 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,517 |
| 1998 | 7 | 7,743 |
| 1999 | 7 | 8,039 |
| 2000 | 7 | 8,384 |
| 2001 | 14 | 5,185 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,170 |
| 2003 | 8 | 8,011 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,244 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8,460 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,964 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,168 |
| 2009 | 5 | 12,896 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,750 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 721 |
| 2012 | 74 | 573 |
| 2013 | 54 | 733 |
| 2014 | 62 | 645 |
| 2015 | 56 | 708 |
| 2016 | 46 | 822 |
| 2017 | 57 | 715 |
| 2018 | 61 | 657 |
| 2019 | 58 | 670 |
| 2020 | 57 | 655 |
| 2021 | 41 | 860 |
| 2022 | 40 | 876 |
| 2023 | 39 | 906 |
| 2024 | 37 | 952 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,133 |

## People named Daniela

- Daniela Ruah, American-Portuguese actress and director
- Daniela Mercury, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Austrian ski jumper
- Daniela Hodrová, Czech writer (1946–2024)
- Daniela Vega, Chilean actress
- Daniela Peštová, Czech model
- Daniela Bobadilla, Canadian actress
- Daniela Escobar, Brazilian actress (born 1969)
- Daniela Maier, German freestyle skier
- Daniela Avanzini, American singer and dancer (born 2005)
- Daniela Neunast, East German coxswain
- Daniela Ulbing, Austrian snowboarder

## 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.