Boys' name · since 1978
Daniyel
Daniyel has 26 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,886 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
26 boys have been named Daniyel since 1978, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Daniyel has 26 recorded births among boys since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1978 to 2014.
- #26,886 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 26 born since 1978
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daniyel ranks #26,886 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 26 born since 1978, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,886 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 26
- born since 1978
- 2010s
- peak decade
Daniyel's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daniyel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Daniyel's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Daniyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2014
- Peak year (2014)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Daniyel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Daniyel's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Daniyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daniyel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1978–2014 (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 Daniyel 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.