Unisex name · since 1920
Danel
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 341 babies named Danel, peaking in 1957. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 341
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Danel is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 341 have been recorded since 1920.
Danel has 341 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2020.
- #9,891 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 341 born since 1920
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danel ranks #9,891 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 341 born since 1920, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 341
- born since 1920
- 1980s
- peak decade
Danel's 341 recorded births place it above 78.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Danel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Danel's full recorded timeline at 1983, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Danel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2020
- Peak year (1957)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Danel popularity over time - girls
147 total births recorded since 1955 (Danel as girls' name)
Danel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (65 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Danel's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Danel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
32 births
- 1960s
1960s
33 births
- 1970s
1970s
42 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 65 births (19% of all-time use).
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What to do with Danel's data
- Danel's decade-level peak was the 1980s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~100 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Danel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.