Danial — #5879 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Danial

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,386 babies named Danial between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Danial currently holds the #5879 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 210 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Danial performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,828 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Danial shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 893 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Danial in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Danial 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 9,386 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.