Recorded 1925–2018 Boys' name Peak 1982 1,216 births

Daneil — boys' name

1,216 babies named Daneil in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Daneil was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

42 babies were named Daneil in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Daneil

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,216 babies named Daneil between 1925 and 2018, spanning 94 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Daneil currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daneil performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 320 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Daneil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Daneil in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daneil 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 1,216 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.

Daneil at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

1,216

Since 1925

94 years of records

Peak year

1982

42 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1925

Recorded for 94 years

Last year on file: 2018

Daneil popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1925

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1982)
42
Annual births at peak — across 94 years of records
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Daneil popularity over time — girls

32 total births recorded since 1969 (Daneil as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 32 births
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Daneil by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
320 births that decade — 26% of Daneil's all-time total
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Daneil by state

Where Daneil concentrates geographically — total births since 1925

Geographically diffuse
Top 6 states by recorded births for the name Daneil
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
90 7.4%
#2 New York
12 1.0%
#3 Texas
10 0.8%
#4 Michigan
6 0.5%
#5 Ohio
6 0.5%
#6 Washington
5 0.4%
California share of Daneil's total US births 7.4%
Even split

90 of 1,216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Daneil?
1,216 babies have been named Daneil since 1925. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1982 with 42 births.
When was Daneil most popular?
Daneil was most popular in the 1980s decade with 320 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
Where is Daneil most popular?
The top states for the name Daneil are California (90 births), New York (12 births), Texas (10 births).
How long has the name Daneil been used?
Daneil has been recorded in Social Security data since 1925, spanning 94 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Daneil?
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.

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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, 1925–2018 (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.