Daniyal

Daniyal was the #4,707 boys' name in the US in 2025 (21 babies), and #976 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Daniyal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Daniyal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Daniyal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,707 (21)#976 (31)——#2,095 (9)
2024#3,793 (29)#898 (35)#727 (3)#655 (4)#2,062 (9)
2023#3,566 (32)#1,018 (29)—#770 (3)#1,192 (18)
2022#3,533 (32)#844 (37)——#1,483 (13)
2021#3,814 (28)#688 (51)—#755 (3)#1,342 (15)
2020#4,275 (23)#679 (50)#711 (3)—#1,223 (17)
2019#3,201 (36)#610 (60)#609 (4)—#1,448 (13)
2018#4,094 (25)#541 (71)——#1,334 (14)
2017#3,781 (28)#501 (79)#602 (4)—#1,194 (17)
2016#3,111 (37)#482 (84)#401 (8)—#1,346 (14)
2015#3,149 (36)#518 (75)——#827 (28)
2014#3,297 (33)#434 (93)—#715 (3)#1,032 (20)
2013#3,405 (31)#409 (99)#687 (3)—#836 (28)
2012#2,811 (42)#492 (77)#500 (5)#718 (3)#996 (21)
2011#2,699 (44)#424 (93)#459 (6)#730 (3)#792 (28)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #2,579.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1991.

How common is it?

about 1 in 83,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 83,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Daniyal is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 75,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 53,000 to 1 in 100,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Daniyal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Daniyal (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#1,5176

Daniyal (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
DaniyalCanadaBoys#2,0959
DaniyalEngland & WalesBoys#97631
DaniyalIrelandBoys—too few
DaniyalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaniyalScotlandBoys—too few
DaniyalUSBoys#4,70721