Boys' name · since 1922
Mcdaniel
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Mcdaniel, peaking in 1948. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 86
- total births
- 1922–1997
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 27%
- born in that decade
86 boys have been named Mcdaniel since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Mcdaniel has 86 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1997.
- 86 total births
- 1922–1997 years on record
- 1990s peak decade
- 27% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mcdaniel's 86 recorded births place it above 59% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mcdaniel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mcdaniel splits its recorded history at 1951: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1922 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1948 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mcdaniel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1997
- Peak year (1948)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Mcdaniel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Mcdaniel's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Mcdaniel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 8
1960s
8 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 23 births (27% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1922–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mcdaniel: Baby Name Since 1922 - 86 Births, Peak 1948." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mcdaniel. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mcdaniel 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 July 2026.