Recorded 2006–2015 Boys' name Peak 2008 16 births

Daneel — boys' name

16 babies named Daneel in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s112010s5
2000s
Peak decade

69% of everyone ever named Daneel was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

6 babies were named Daneel in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daneel

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Daneel between 2006 and 2015, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daneel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daneel performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Daneel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daneel 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 16 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.

Daneel at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

16

Since 2006

10 years of records

Peak year

2008

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

2006

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2015

Daneel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2006

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2008)
6
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4.555.566.5 201520082006 5

Daneel by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
11 births that decade — 69% of Daneel's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daneel?
16 babies have been named Daneel since 2006. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2008 with 6 births.
When was Daneel most popular?
Daneel was most popular in the 2000s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Daneel been used?
Daneel has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 10 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Daneel?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Daniel, Danny, Dan, Dana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2006–2015 (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.