first name
DANIAL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,521 people named Danial, 70.3% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 7.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 98.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Danial peaked in 1957, when 210 babies got the name.
At least 9,474 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Danial by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,231. The largest share of babies named Danial, 33.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Danial is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Danial has been most common in Michigan (3×), Oregon (2.9×), and Iowa (2.8×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.48×).
4,507 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Danial
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Danial, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Danial ranks #30,637 of 156,621, with 815 people. See Danial as a last name
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