Haniel — #3929 US boys' name
446 babies named Haniel in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 72% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Haniel was born in this single decade.
45 babies were named Haniel in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haniel
The Social Security Administration has registered 446 babies named Haniel between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Haniel currently holds the #3929 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 45 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haniel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Haniel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 29 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Haniel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haniel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 446 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Haniel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Haniel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2018)
- 45
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #3929 among boys.
446 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 45 births in a single year.
Haniel popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2008 (Haniel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Haniel accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Haniel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 207 births that decade — 46% of Haniel's all-time total
Haniel decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 132 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Haniel's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Haniel by state
Where Haniel concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 6.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 17 | 3.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 10 | 2.2% |
29 of 446 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.5% of nationwide
- Texas 3.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.