Boys' name · since 1923
Danil
Since 1923, U.S. Social Security records show 278 babies named Danil, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #11,048 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danil currently ranks #12189 among boys' names in America, with 278 babies recorded since 1923.
Danil has 278 recorded births among boys since 1923, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12189 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1923 to 2025.
- #11,048 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,189 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 278 born since 1923
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Danil ranks #11,048 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,189 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 278 born since 1923, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,048 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 278
- born since 1923
- 2010s
- peak decade
Danil's 278 recorded births place it above 75.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Danil compares
278 44th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Danil's all-time total is 25% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Danil | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 278 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Danil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Danil splits its recorded history at 2009: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1957 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Danil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1923–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Danil by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (97 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Danil's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Danil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 97 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Danil's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (97 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Danil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~102 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, 1923–2025 (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 Danil 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.