NameTides

Daniel

Daniel was the #22 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,085 babies), and #62 in England & Wales and #32 in Canada.

Daniel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Daniel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Daniel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#22 (8,085)#62 (804)#43 (99)#34 (53)#13 (225)#32 (636)#64 (126)#78 (95)
2024#16 (8,426)#59 (877)#52 (86)#37 (52)#11 (257)#28 (683)#68 (115)#94 (83)
2023#17 (8,402)#60 (900)#46 (102)#16 (84)#10 (256)#29 (645)#55 (132)#96 (70)
2022#14 (9,121)#53 (1,080)#31 (137)#14 (90)#10 (303)#29 (664)#47 (152)#80 (86)
2021#16 (9,162)#54 (1,150)#38 (125)#13 (103)#8 (325)#30 (716)#51 (164)#80 (92)
2020#14 (9,530)#50 (1,203)#27 (148)#14 (95)#4 (359)#28 (784)#47 (175)#49 (131)
2019#15 (10,592)#40 (1,545)#23 (186)#9 (135)#5 (399)#26 (852)#38 (199)#51 (146)
2018#15 (11,296)#37 (1,676)#21 (201)#5 (154)#5 (433)#25 (881)#39 (215)#46 (128)
2017#15 (11,758)#32 (1,942)#21 (218)#8 (147)#3 (536)#23 (909)#42 (195)#40 (154)
2016#13 (12,996)#28 (2,290)#18 (246)#8 (159)#3 (558)#23 (969)#29 (271)#38 (152)
2015#12 (13,543)#24 (2,622)#10 (282)#5 (188)#3 (617)#21 (1,018)#28 (256)#36 (156)
2014#10 (13,961)#24 (2,775)#6 (349)#3 (236)#3 (638)#20 (1,069)#25 (292)#28 (189)
2013#10 (14,326)#22 (3,095)#5 (359)#5 (201)#3 (678)#20 (1,099)#24 (307)#26 (196)
2012#11 (14,304)#16 (3,404)#6 (384)#3 (251)#3 (683)#18 (1,131)#20 (354)#30 (179)
2011#10 (15,307)#14 (3,928)#4 (391)#5 (231)#4 (711)#18 (1,143)#24 (322)#26 (198)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1985 at #5.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 340common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 200very common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 160very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 110very common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 250common

Next year

On its recent trend, Daniel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 210 to 1 in 220.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Daniel by state, 2025Alaska: #19AKMaine: #66MEWisconsin: #59WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #32NHWashington: #13WAIdaho: #43IDMontana: #38MTNorth Dakota: #53NDMinnesota: #41MNIllinois: #21ILMichigan: #30MINew York: #18NYMassachusetts: #27MAOregon: #20ORNevada: #18NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #41SDIowa: #51IAIndiana: #31INOhio: #51OHPennsylvania: #22PANew Jersey: #17NJConnecticut: #37CTRhode Island: #44RICalifornia: #18CAUtah: #41UTColorado: #28CONebraska: #59NEMissouri: #38MOKentucky: #52KYWest Virginia: #48WVVirginia: #13VAMaryland: #27MDDelaware: #25DEArizona: #15AZNew Mexico: #17NMKansas: #27KSArkansas: #43ARTennessee: #33TNNorth Carolina: #25NCSouth Carolina: #21SCDistrict of Columbia: #16DCOklahoma: #47OKLouisiana: #60LAMississippi: #44MSAlabama: #26ALGeorgia: #18GAHawaii: #18HITexas: #17TXFlorida: #24FL
Daniel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#19330
Quebec2025#10271

Daniel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DanielCanadaGirls—too few
DanielCanadaBoys#32636
DanielEngland & WalesBoys#62804
DanielIrelandBoys#13225
DanielNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DanielNorthern IrelandBoys#3453
DanielNSWBoys#64126
DanielScotlandBoys#4399
DanielUSGirls#10,9178
DanielUSBoys#228,085
DanielVICBoys#7895