Daniel is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #32 for boy births in the United States, given to 8,093 babies. Daniel first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1985 (38,853 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,093 | #32 |
| 2024 | 8,436 | #25 |
| 2023 | 8,421 | #26 |
| 2022 | 9,132 | #23 |
| 2021 | 9,174 | #27 |
| 2020 | 9,549 | #23 |
| 2019 | 10,609 | #25 |
| 2018 | 11,315 | #23 |
| 2017 | 11,772 | #23 |
| 2016 | 13,021 | #20 |
| 2015 | 13,563 | #20 |
| 2014 | 13,986 | #16 |
| 2013 | 14,355 | #15 |
| 2012 | 14,323 | #16 |
| 2011 | 15,332 | #15 |
| 2010 | 15,899 | #12 |
| 2009 | 17,604 | #10 |
| 2008 | 19,082 | #5 |
| 2007 | 20,298 | #5 |
| 2006 | 20,129 | #7 |
| 2005 | 20,286 | #9 |
| 2004 | 21,094 | #9 |
| 2003 | 21,125 | #10 |
| 2002 | 21,390 | #12 |
| 2001 | 21,074 | #11 |
| 2000 | 22,401 | #11 |
| 1999 | 22,768 | #11 |
| 1998 | 23,239 | #12 |
| 1997 | 24,030 | #12 |
| 1996 | 25,204 | #11 |
| 1995 | 26,832 | #10 |
| 1994 | 28,196 | #10 |
| 1993 | 28,828 | #10 |
| 1992 | 29,304 | #10 |
| 1991 | 31,101 | #8 |
| 1990 | 33,979 | #9 |
| 1989 | 35,195 | #10 |
| 1988 | 34,998 | #11 |
| 1987 | 36,141 | #10 |
| 1986 | 36,861 | #9 |
| 1985 | 38,853 | #9 |
| 1984 | 36,800 | #9 |
| 1983 | 35,006 | #10 |
| 1982 | 32,907 | #13 |
| 1981 | 31,198 | #13 |
| 1980 | 30,107 | #15 |
| 1979 | 28,723 | #15 |
| 1978 | 26,618 | #13 |
| 1977 | 26,266 | #14 |
| 1976 | 24,874 | #13 |
| 1975 | 23,979 | #15 |
| 1974 | 23,986 | #14 |
| 1973 | 23,814 | #14 |
| 1972 | 22,224 | #22 |
| 1971 | 21,901 | #27 |
| 1970 | 23,622 | #26 |
| 1969 | 23,263 | #22 |
| 1968 | 22,115 | #22 |
| 1967 | 22,283 | #24 |
| 1966 | 23,344 | #25 |
| 1965 | 24,933 | #22 |
| 1964 | 24,418 | #24 |
| 1963 | 24,898 | #26 |
| 1962 | 25,643 | #24 |
| 1961 | 25,969 | #24 |
| 1960 | 26,023 | #26 |
| 1959 | 25,230 | #29 |
| 1958 | 25,685 | #26 |
| 1957 | 27,394 | #27 |
| 1956 | 26,711 | #31 |
| 1955 | 26,508 | #29 |
| 1954 | 25,317 | #31 |
| 1953 | 23,542 | #34 |
| 1952 | 23,449 | #33 |
| 1951 | 21,154 | #35 |
| 1950 | 19,233 | #35 |
| 1949 | 18,286 | #37 |
| 1948 | 16,558 | #41 |
| 1947 | 15,225 | #45 |
| 1946 | 12,900 | #43 |
| 1945 | 9,740 | #50 |
| 1944 | 9,340 | #54 |
| 1943 | 9,202 | #58 |
| 1942 | 8,535 | #63 |
| 1941 | 7,081 | #70 |
| 1940 | 6,248 | #71 |
| 1939 | 5,820 | #76 |
| 1938 | 5,610 | #77 |
| 1937 | 5,140 | #78 |
| 1936 | 4,835 | #83 |
| 1935 | 4,608 | #86 |
| 1934 | 4,524 | #87 |
| 1933 | 4,326 | #91 |
| 1932 | 4,468 | #91 |
| 1931 | 4,386 | #100 |
| 1930 | 4,488 | #107 |
| 1929 | 4,401 | #110 |
| 1928 | 4,460 | #108 |
| 1927 | 4,650 | #106 |
| 1926 | 4,547 | #103 |
| 1925 | 4,573 | #102 |
| 1924 | 4,432 | #109 |
| 1923 | 4,277 | #110 |
| 1922 | 4,306 | #111 |
| 1921 | 4,103 | #119 |
| 1920 | 3,915 | #124 |
| 1919 | 3,536 | #125 |
| 1918 | 3,745 | #122 |
| 1917 | 3,372 | #126 |
| 1916 | 3,160 | #127 |
| 1915 | 3,011 | #127 |
| 1914 | 2,339 | #125 |
| 1913 | 1,885 | #127 |
| 1912 | 1,530 | #136 |
| 1911 | 796 | #167 |
| 1910 | 692 | #175 |
| 1909 | 569 | #181 |
| 1908 | 530 | #187 |
| 1907 | 528 | #179 |
| 1906 | 506 | #174 |
| 1905 | 489 | #180 |
| 1904 | 472 | #177 |
| 1903 | 432 | #180 |
| 1902 | 501 | #163 |
| 1901 | 416 | #172 |
| 1900 | 605 | #153 |
| 1899 | 485 | #147 |
| 1898 | 523 | #154 |
| 1897 | 520 | #144 |
| 1896 | 561 | #131 |
| 1895 | 516 | #146 |
| 1894 | 515 | #142 |
| 1893 | 522 | #133 |
| 1892 | 533 | #134 |
| 1891 | 505 | #123 |
| 1890 | 505 | #127 |
| 1889 | 515 | #115 |
| 1888 | 566 | #112 |
| 1887 | 556 | #97 |
| 1886 | 555 | #102 |
| 1885 | 535 | #98 |
| 1884 | 573 | #92 |
| 1883 | 615 | #80 |
| 1882 | 594 | #81 |
| 1881 | 527 | #81 |
| 1880 | 643 | #61 |