Daniela — #279 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Daniela

The Social Security Administration has registered 67,499 babies named Daniela between 1947 and 2024, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daniela currently holds the #279 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 3,079 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Daniela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26,642 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Daniela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17,679 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Daniela in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Daniela 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 67,499 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.