# Danyal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/danyal/  
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 | 785 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 609 / 176 (22% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,570, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 13 | 4,676 |
| 1977 | 8 | 7,016 |
| 1979 | 13 | 5,159 |
| 1980 | 12 | 5,611 |
| 1981 | 8 | 7,553 |
| 1982 | 6 | 9,501 |
| 1984 | 11 | 5,985 |
| 1985 | 5 | 11,040 |
| 1986 | 10 | 6,712 |
| 1987 | 6 | 10,136 |
| 1988 | 7 | 9,504 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,476 |
| 1991 | 6 | 11,853 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,123 |
| 1993 | 7 | 10,863 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,130 |
| 2012 | 15 | 5,774 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6,704 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,281 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,413 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,814 |
| 2017 | 16 | 5,580 |
| 2018 | 12 | 6,790 |
| 2019 | 16 | 5,622 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,507 |
| 2021 | 15 | 5,829 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,461 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,487 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,225 |
| 2025 | 12 | 6,894 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 50 | 652 |
| 2012 | 30 | 962 |
| 2013 | 30 | 954 |
| 2014 | 43 | 744 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 32 | 928 |
| 2017 | 47 | 730 |
| 2018 | 38 | 821 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 38 | 812 |
| 2021 | 38 | 825 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 41 | 791 |
| 2024 | 40 | 814 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,066 |

## 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.