How popular is “Daniel” in the USA?
Number of people named “Daniel” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Daniel” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Daniel” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Daniel” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Daniel” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Daniel” by birth year
This chart shows how “Daniel” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 643 | 0.00319132 | 643 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 527 | 0.002734991 | 527 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 594 | 0.002681316 | 594 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 615 | 0.00283482 | 615 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 573 | 0.00235356 | 573 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 535 | 0.002221263 | 535 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 555 | 0.002173768 | 555 | -100% | |
| 1887 | 556 | 0.002247436 | 556 | -100% | |
| 1888 | 566 | 0.00188998 | 566 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 515 | 0.00178234 | 515 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 505 | 0.001675509 | 505 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 505 | 0.001761595 | 505 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 533 | 0.001594023 | 533 | -100% | |
| 1893 | 522 | 0.001605053 | 522 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 515 | 0.001520565 | 515 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 516 | 0.001469998 | 516 | -100% | |
| 1896 | 561 | 0.001569301 | 561 | -100% | |
| 1897 | 520 | 0.001498745 | 520 | -100% | |
| 1898 | 523 | 0.001371066 | 523 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 485 | 0.001429692 | 485 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 605 | 0.001343671 | 7 | 598 | -98% |
| 1901 | 416 | 0.001202966 | 416 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 501 | 0.001295467 | 501 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 432 | 0.001133257 | 432 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 472 | 0.001169808 | 472 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 489 | 0.001153509 | 5 | 484 | -98% |
| 1906 | 506 | 0.001180999 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 528 | 0.00113453 | 528 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 530 | 0.001084621 | 530 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 569 | 0.001113015 | 569 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 692 | 0.00117147 | 692 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 796 | 0.001235491 | 796 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 1530 | 0.001548487 | 6 | 1524 | -99% |
| 1913 | 1885 | 0.00165771 | 7 | 1878 | -99% |
| 1914 | 2339 | 0.001651433 | 14 | 2325 | -99% |
| 1915 | 3011 | 0.001643173 | 9 | 3002 | -99% |
| 1916 | 3160 | 0.001633569 | 11 | 3149 | -99% |
| 1917 | 3372 | 0.001680329 | 12 | 3360 | -99% |
| 1918 | 3745 | 0.001724923 | 19 | 3726 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3536 | 0.001675633 | 10 | 3526 | -99% |
| 1920 | 3915 | 0.001730277 | 18 | 3897 | -99% |
| 1921 | 4103 | 0.001757547 | 16 | 4087 | -99% |
| 1922 | 4306 | 0.001881043 | 21 | 4285 | -99% |
| 1923 | 4277 | 0.001857559 | 13 | 4264 | -99% |
| 1924 | 4432 | 0.001860924 | 29 | 4403 | -99% |
| 1925 | 4573 | 0.001959881 | 25 | 4548 | -99% |
| 1926 | 4547 | 0.00198049 | 31 | 4516 | -99% |
| 1927 | 4651 | 0.002005294 | 35 | 4616 | -98% |
| 1928 | 4459 | 0.001972203 | 34 | 4425 | -98% |
| 1929 | 4401 | 0.002007616 | 35 | 4366 | -98% |
| 1930 | 4488 | 0.002018632 | 23 | 4465 | -99% |
| 1931 | 4386 | 0.002084237 | 26 | 4360 | -99% |
| 1932 | 4468 | 0.002116254 | 19 | 4449 | -99% |
| 1933 | 4326 | 0.002163614 | 16 | 4310 | -99% |
| 1934 | 4524 | 0.002178349 | 22 | 4502 | -99% |
| 1935 | 4607 | 0.002204441 | 17 | 4590 | -99% |
| 1936 | 4835 | 0.002327248 | 18 | 4817 | -99% |
| 1937 | 5139 | 0.00241196 | 16 | 5123 | -99% |
| 1938 | 5611 | 0.002535963 | 27 | 5584 | -99% |
| 1939 | 5820 | 0.002641344 | 23 | 5797 | -99% |
| 1940 | 6248 | 0.002713411 | 23 | 6225 | -99% |
| 1941 | 7081 | 0.002906363 | 31 | 7050 | -99% |
| 1942 | 8535 | 0.003124362 | 28 | 8507 | -99% |
| 1943 | 9203 | 0.00326052 | 34 | 9169 | -99% |
| 1944 | 9340 | 0.003472047 | 26 | 9314 | -99% |
| 1945 | 9740 | 0.003671497 | 32 | 9708 | -99% |
| 1946 | 12900 | 0.00403721 | 33 | 12867 | -99% |
| 1947 | 15225 | 0.004226513 | 36 | 15189 | -100% |
| 1948 | 16555 | 0.004795067 | 48 | 16507 | -99% |
| 1949 | 18287 | 0.005247739 | 46 | 18241 | -99% |
| 1950 | 19232 | 0.005489575 | 44 | 19188 | -100% |
| 1951 | 21154 | 0.005742563 | 33 | 21121 | -100% |
| 1952 | 23452 | 0.006174819 | 31 | 23421 | -100% |
| 1953 | 23542 | 0.006109074 | 44 | 23498 | -100% |
| 1954 | 25319 | 0.006360465 | 42 | 25277 | -100% |
| 1955 | 26505 | 0.006601442 | 48 | 26457 | -100% |
| 1956 | 26710 | 0.006478233 | 56 | 26654 | -100% |
| 1957 | 27393 | 0.006518942 | 57 | 27336 | -100% |
| 1958 | 25680 | 0.006211527 | 66 | 25614 | -99% |
| 1959 | 25215 | 0.00606608 | 75 | 25140 | -99% |
| 1960 | 26019 | 0.00626372 | 78 | 25941 | -99% |
| 1961 | 25964 | 0.00626854 | 65 | 25899 | -99% |
| 1962 | 25634 | 0.006353194 | 100 | 25534 | -99% |
| 1963 | 24900 | 0.006290528 | 83 | 24817 | -99% |
| 1964 | 24416 | 0.00628054 | 76 | 24340 | -99% |
| 1965 | 24935 | 0.006877708 | 100 | 24835 | -99% |
| 1966 | 23346 | 0.00671717 | 75 | 23271 | -99% |
| 1967 | 22286 | 0.006564585 | 91 | 22195 | -99% |
| 1968 | 22118 | 0.006546958 | 103 | 22015 | -99% |
| 1969 | 23264 | 0.006694004 | 98 | 23166 | -99% |
| 1970 | 23626 | 0.006550946 | 101 | 23525 | -99% |
| 1971 | 21900 | 0.006380591 | 116 | 21784 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22223 | 0.007070593 | 132 | 22091 | -99% |
| 1973 | 23816 | 0.007894321 | 142 | 23674 | -99% |
| 1974 | 23985 | 0.007889803 | 153 | 23832 | -99% |
| 1975 | 23981 | 0.007942378 | 165 | 23816 | -99% |
| 1976 | 24879 | 0.008199222 | 172 | 24707 | -99% |
| 1977 | 26265 | 0.008268763 | 193 | 26072 | -99% |
| 1978 | 26617 | 0.008386424 | 177 | 26440 | -99% |
| 1979 | 28725 | 0.008634006 | 202 | 28523 | -99% |
| 1980 | 30112 | 0.008742078 | 219 | 29893 | -99% |
| 1981 | 31203 | 0.009019944 | 213 | 30990 | -99% |
| 1982 | 32911 | 0.009381857 | 255 | 32656 | -98% |
| 1983 | 35006 | 0.010107771 | 258 | 34748 | -99% |
| 1984 | 36799 | 0.010548188 | 269 | 36530 | -99% |
| 1985 | 38858 | 0.01088772 | 295 | 38563 | -98% |
| 1986 | 36857 | 0.010361979 | 288 | 36569 | -98% |
| 1987 | 36137 | 0.010022771 | 265 | 35872 | -99% |
| 1988 | 34997 | 0.009471804 | 280 | 34717 | -98% |
| 1989 | 35195 | 0.009155037 | 188 | 35007 | -99% |
| 1990 | 33977 | 0.008596881 | 148 | 33829 | -99% |
| 1991 | 31094 | 0.007982875 | 166 | 30928 | -99% |
| 1992 | 29303 | 0.007628844 | 147 | 29156 | -99% |
| 1993 | 28823 | 0.007645085 | 130 | 28693 | -99% |
| 1994 | 28193 | 0.007583899 | 131 | 28062 | -99% |
| 1995 | 26830 | 0.007326557 | 104 | 26726 | -99% |
| 1996 | 25199 | 0.006909431 | 76 | 25123 | -99% |
| 1997 | 24029 | 0.006627534 | 80 | 23949 | -99% |
| 1998 | 23235 | 0.006317141 | 74 | 23161 | -99% |
| 1999 | 22768 | 0.006163929 | 64 | 22704 | -99% |
| 2000 | 22397 | 0.00592546 | 63 | 22334 | -99% |
| 2001 | 21073 | 0.005629576 | 61 | 21012 | -99% |
| 2002 | 21385 | 0.00572077 | 38 | 21347 | -100% |
| 2003 | 21120 | 0.005554948 | 53 | 21067 | -99% |
| 2004 | 21083 | 0.005518196 | 76 | 21007 | -99% |
| 2005 | 20280 | 0.005275004 | 50 | 20230 | -100% |
| 2006 | 20123 | 0.005086967 | 47 | 20076 | -100% |
| 2007 | 20290 | 0.005075981 | 30 | 20260 | -100% |
| 2008 | 19074 | 0.004853314 | 50 | 19024 | -99% |
| 2009 | 17600 | 0.00460794 | 40 | 17560 | -100% |
| 2010 | 15888 | 0.004299695 | 30 | 15858 | -100% |
| 2011 | 15326 | 0.004190691 | 25 | 15301 | -100% |
| 2012 | 14319 | 0.003915883 | 19 | 14300 | -100% |
| 2013 | 14347 | 0.003936291 | 29 | 14318 | -100% |
| 2014 | 13979 | 0.003772586 | 25 | 13954 | -100% |
| 2015 | 13558 | 0.003664474 | 20 | 13538 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13012 | 0.0035479 | 25 | 12987 | -100% |
| 2017 | 11760 | 0.003289771 | 14 | 11746 | -100% |
| 2018 | 11303 | 0.003216425 | 19 | 11284 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10596 | 0.003054667 | 17 | 10579 | -100% |
| 2020 | 9534 | 0.002856334 | 19 | 9515 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9154 | 0.002704534 | 12 | 9142 | -100% |
| 2022 | 9107 | 0.002695486 | 11 | 9096 | -100% |
| 2023 | 8374 | 0.002539695 | 18 | 8356 | -100% |