Boys' name · since 1953
Doniel
409 babies named Doniel in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,892 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,241 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
409 babies have been named Doniel since 1953, making it today's #12241 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Doniel recorded 409 times among boys since 1953, holding rank #12241 nationally today, ahead of 12% of boys, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #8,892 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,241 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 409 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Doniel ranks #8,892 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,241 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 409 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,892 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,241 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 409
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Doniel's 409 recorded births place it above 80.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Doniel compares
409 Top 48% higher than 52% of 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
Doniel's all-time total is 11% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Doniel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 409 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Doniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Doniel splits its recorded history at 1992: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1979 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Doniel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Doniel popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 1973 (Doniel as girls' name)
Doniel by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (94 births, 23% of the file).
1970s was Doniel's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Doniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s
1970s
94 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 94 births (23% of all-time use).
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What to do with Doniel's data
- Doniel's decade-level peak was the 1970s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 22 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 Doniel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Doniel 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.