Daniele
Daniele was given to 6 girls in 2025, #13,608 among girls’ names; 4,344 Americans have been recorded with it since 1952 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,130 Americans named Daniele and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (95% of everyone recorded); the median is 41 years old and half are between 33 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Daniele by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Daniele mean?
Wiktionary, Italian section
Daniele is “a male given name from Hebrew, feminine equivalent Daniela, equivalent to English Daniel” Its etymology gives the sense “God is my judge” (literally).
From Latin Daniēlem, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Biblical Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (Dåniyel, literally “God is my judge”).
/daˈnjɛ.le/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Italian section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Daniele?
#13,608 among girls’ names, 2025
Daniele rose from #14,942 in 2015 to #13,608 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 3.4 to 3.7 per million.
156 babies in 1976, the peak
Daniele peaked in 1976, when 156 babies were given it (136 girls, #941 among girls’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 4% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,608 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 5 | #12,745 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,809 | under 5 | |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,679 | under 5 | |
| 2018 | 5 | #16,265 | 8 | #9,002 |
| 2017 | under 5 | 8 | #9,028 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 10 | #7,712 | |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,942 | 13 | #6,407 |
| 2014 | under 5 | 9 | #8,273 | |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,510 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (69)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 11 | #9,880 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,885 | 6 | #11,130 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,481 | 7 | #9,901 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,545 | 5 | #12,892 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,182 | 11 | #7,304 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,152 | 11 | #7,194 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,972 | 11 | #7,006 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,307 | 13 | #5,933 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,797 | 5 | #11,721 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,269 | 12 | #5,945 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,533 | 12 | #5,796 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,037 | 11 | #6,098 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,339 | 6 | #9,325 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,537 | 8 | #7,286 |
| 1998 | 64 | #2,222 | 14 | #4,690 |
| 1997 | 69 | #2,050 | 10 | #5,729 |
| 1996 | 64 | #2,128 | 12 | #4,929 |
| 1995 | 87 | #1,684 | 16 | #3,893 |
| 1994 | 103 | #1,509 | 12 | #4,843 |
| 1993 | 101 | #1,540 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1992 | 95 | #1,611 | 11 | #4,935 |
| 1991 | 98 | #1,561 | 11 | #4,818 |
| 1990 | 108 | #1,443 | 23 | #2,793 |
| 1989 | 122 | #1,288 | 19 | #3,112 |
| 1988 | 120 | #1,239 | 21 | #2,699 |
| 1987 | 131 | #1,133 | 21 | #2,578 |
| 1986 | 106 | #1,275 | 25 | #2,234 |
| 1985 | 102 | #1,313 | 26 | #2,126 |
| 1984 | 93 | #1,315 | 19 | #2,547 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,649 | 20 | #2,424 |
| 1982 | 82 | #1,462 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,679 | 22 | #2,281 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,423 | 19 | #2,551 |
| 1979 | 86 | #1,424 | 21 | #2,322 |
| 1978 | 79 | #1,455 | 27 | #1,878 |
| 1977 | 100 | #1,214 | 20 | #2,285 |
| 1976 | 136 | #941 | 20 | #2,258 |
| 1975 | 122 | #1,000 | 28 | #1,754 |
| 1974 | 122 | #994 | 24 | #1,897 |
| 1973 | 112 | #1,039 | 18 | #2,244 |
| 1972 | 85 | #1,239 | 14 | #2,560 |
| 1971 | 70 | #1,468 | 14 | #2,586 |
| 1970 | 70 | #1,454 | 10 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 95 | #1,140 | 13 | #2,442 |
| 1968 | 88 | #1,148 | 16 | #2,046 |
| 1967 | 45 | #1,709 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,890 | 9 | #2,826 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,675 | 5 | #4,016 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,157 | 5 | #4,169 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,844 | 10 | #2,710 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,944 | 5 | #4,175 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,307 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,111 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,993 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,609 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,329 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,901 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,668 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 6 | #5,030 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Daniele a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,344 Americans recorded as Daniele, 82% are girls and 18% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Daniele: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Daniele, and how old are they?
4,130 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 95% of the 4,344 Americans ever recorded as Daniele. The median Daniele alive today is 41 years old; half are between 33 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 5,783 people named Daniele (4,467 women and girls, 1,316 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,169 born in the U.S. The Census count is 39% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 129 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,790 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 604 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 86 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Daniele born?
The states with the most babies named Daniele are California, New York and Pennsylvania, with 62% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 447 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 435 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 175 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 119 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 114 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 105 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 95 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 82 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 53 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Massachusetts | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Daniele is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Daniele is most over-represented in New York: since 1952 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Daniele with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 498,607 babies since 1880, Daniele is the sixth most given (<1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 6 of their 2,228 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Daniele
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1950-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Corie | 4,746 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Daniele and names like it
- Compare Daniele and DanielleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sDaniele peaked in 1976.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Daniele since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Daniele: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1976The year the most babies were named Daniele.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Daniele alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with DMost given first.