Danniel
Recorded 1923–2025 · United States
Danniel was most popular in 1959, when 51 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,492 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,604 people named Danniel.
Danniel over time
How old is the name Danniel?
Danniel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1923, which makes it about 102 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 99 of the 103 years since.
How many people are named Danniel?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,604 American births named Danniel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,178 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Danniel in 2025?
9 American babies were named Danniel in 2025, ranking #17,163 that year.
Is Danniel getting more or less popular?
Danniel is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 9 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -65% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Danniel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Danniel is mostly a boy’s name — 7.1% of the 2,604 Americans given it were girls and 92.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Danniel?
Roughly 2,178 Americans named Danniel are alive today — 84% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 42 years old, and half are between 25 and 62. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Danniel is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org