Boys' name · since 1984
Deniel
115 babies named Deniel in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,473 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
115 boys have been named Deniel since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deniel has been recorded 115 times among boys since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2024.
- #16,473 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 115 born since 1984
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deniel ranks #16,473 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1984, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,473 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 115
- born since 1984
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deniel's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Deniel's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Deniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Deniel by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Deniel's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Deniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 7
1990s
7 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Deniel's decade-level peak was the 2010s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1984–2024 (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 Deniel 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.