Daiel — boys' name
397 babies named Daiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Daiel was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Daiel in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daiel
The Social Security Administration has registered 397 babies named Daiel between 1946 and 1988, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daiel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daiel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Daiel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Arizona and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Daiel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daiel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 397 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Daiel at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1946
- Peak year (1985)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
397 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 35 births in a single year.
Daiel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 155 births that decade — 39% of Daiel's all-time total
Daiel decade highlights
- Peak decade 155 births
- Runner-up 79 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Daiel's strongest decade
155 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Daiel by state
Where Daiel concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.