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 | 0.002734963 | 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 | 0.001889987 | 566 | -100% | |
| 1889 | 515 | 0.00178234 | 515 | -100% | |
| 1890 | 505 | 0.001675509 | 505 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 505 | 0.001761601 | 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 | 0.001371062 | 523 | -100% | |
| 1899 | 485 | 0.001429696 | 485 | -100% | |
| 1900 | 605 | 0.001343665 | 7 | 598 | -98% |
| 1901 | 416 | 0.001202966 | 416 | -100% | |
| 1902 | 501 | 0.001295471 | 501 | -100% | |
| 1903 | 432 | 0.001133257 | 432 | -100% | |
| 1904 | 472 | 0.001169808 | 472 | -100% | |
| 1905 | 489 | 0.001153506 | 5 | 484 | -98% |
| 1906 | 506 | 0.001180999 | 506 | -100% | |
| 1907 | 528 | 0.001134527 | 528 | -100% | |
| 1908 | 530 | 0.001084616 | 530 | -100% | |
| 1909 | 569 | 0.001113015 | 569 | -100% | |
| 1910 | 692 | 0.001171468 | 692 | -100% | |
| 1911 | 796 | 0.00123549 | 796 | -100% | |
| 1912 | 1530 | 0.001548489 | 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 | 0.001633566 | 11 | 3149 | -99% |
| 1917 | 3372 | 0.001680325 | 12 | 3360 | -99% |
| 1918 | 3745 | 0.001724924 | 19 | 3726 | -99% |
| 1919 | 3536 | 0.00167563 | 10 | 3526 | -99% |
| 1920 | 3915 | 0.001730272 | 18 | 3897 | -99% |
| 1921 | 4103 | 0.001757547 | 16 | 4087 | -99% |
| 1922 | 4306 | 0.001881046 | 21 | 4285 | -99% |
| 1923 | 4277 | 0.001857551 | 13 | 4264 | -99% |
| 1924 | 4432 | 0.001860917 | 29 | 4403 | -99% |
| 1925 | 4573 | 0.001959868 | 25 | 4548 | -99% |
| 1926 | 4547 | 0.001980491 | 31 | 4516 | -99% |
| 1927 | 4651 | 0.002005299 | 35 | 4616 | -98% |
| 1928 | 4461 | 0.001973107 | 34 | 4427 | -98% |
| 1929 | 4404 | 0.002008969 | 35 | 4369 | -98% |
| 1930 | 4487 | 0.002018189 | 23 | 4464 | -99% |
| 1931 | 4387 | 0.002084731 | 26 | 4361 | -99% |
| 1932 | 4468 | 0.002116269 | 19 | 4449 | -99% |
| 1933 | 4326 | 0.00216364 | 16 | 4310 | -99% |
| 1934 | 4525 | 0.002178869 | 22 | 4503 | -99% |
| 1935 | 4606 | 0.002204019 | 17 | 4589 | -99% |
| 1936 | 4835 | 0.002327289 | 18 | 4817 | -99% |
| 1937 | 5139 | 0.002411969 | 16 | 5123 | -99% |
| 1938 | 5611 | 0.002535973 | 27 | 5584 | -99% |
| 1939 | 5821 | 0.00264182 | 23 | 5798 | -99% |
| 1940 | 6247 | 0.002713021 | 23 | 6224 | -99% |
| 1941 | 7081 | 0.002906409 | 31 | 7050 | -99% |
| 1942 | 8535 | 0.003124398 | 28 | 8507 | -99% |
| 1943 | 9202 | 0.003260223 | 34 | 9168 | -99% |
| 1944 | 9340 | 0.00347211 | 26 | 9314 | -99% |
| 1945 | 9739 | 0.003671147 | 32 | 9707 | -99% |
| 1946 | 12900 | 0.004037245 | 33 | 12867 | -99% |
| 1947 | 15225 | 0.004226558 | 36 | 15189 | -100% |
| 1948 | 16555 | 0.004795104 | 48 | 16507 | -99% |
| 1949 | 18284 | 0.005246917 | 46 | 18238 | -99% |
| 1950 | 19235 | 0.005490374 | 44 | 19191 | -100% |
| 1951 | 21152 | 0.005741952 | 33 | 21119 | -100% |
| 1952 | 23453 | 0.006175037 | 31 | 23422 | -100% |
| 1953 | 23537 | 0.006107781 | 44 | 23493 | -100% |
| 1954 | 25322 | 0.006361177 | 42 | 25280 | -100% |
| 1955 | 26503 | 0.006600884 | 48 | 26455 | -100% |
| 1956 | 26714 | 0.006479129 | 56 | 26658 | -100% |
| 1957 | 27393 | 0.006518272 | 57 | 27336 | -100% |
| 1958 | 25671 | 0.006211577 | 66 | 25605 | -99% |
| 1959 | 25211 | 0.006065116 | 75 | 25136 | -99% |
| 1960 | 26026 | 0.006264848 | 78 | 25948 | -99% |
| 1961 | 25949 | 0.006266473 | 65 | 25884 | -99% |
| 1962 | 25640 | 0.006354324 | 100 | 25540 | -99% |
| 1963 | 24903 | 0.006290876 | 83 | 24820 | -99% |
| 1964 | 24417 | 0.006280621 | 76 | 24341 | -99% |
| 1965 | 24938 | 0.006878262 | 100 | 24838 | -99% |
| 1966 | 23346 | 0.006717054 | 75 | 23271 | -99% |
| 1967 | 22293 | 0.006566402 | 91 | 22202 | -99% |
| 1968 | 22118 | 0.006546582 | 103 | 22015 | -99% |
| 1969 | 23267 | 0.006694295 | 98 | 23169 | -99% |
| 1970 | 23630 | 0.006551461 | 101 | 23529 | -99% |
| 1971 | 21898 | 0.00637964 | 116 | 21782 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22229 | 0.007071824 | 132 | 22097 | -99% |
| 1973 | 23824 | 0.00789627 | 142 | 23682 | -99% |
| 1974 | 23991 | 0.007891241 | 153 | 23838 | -99% |
| 1975 | 23988 | 0.007943757 | 165 | 23823 | -99% |
| 1976 | 24885 | 0.00820033 | 172 | 24713 | -99% |
| 1977 | 26268 | 0.008268951 | 193 | 26075 | -99% |
| 1978 | 26620 | 0.008386388 | 177 | 26443 | -99% |
| 1979 | 28730 | 0.008634595 | 202 | 28528 | -99% |
| 1980 | 30112 | 0.008741193 | 219 | 29893 | -99% |
| 1981 | 31208 | 0.009020727 | 213 | 30995 | -99% |
| 1982 | 32915 | 0.009382358 | 255 | 32660 | -98% |
| 1983 | 35011 | 0.010108735 | 258 | 34753 | -99% |
| 1984 | 36806 | 0.010549953 | 269 | 36537 | -99% |
| 1985 | 38858 | 0.0108876 | 295 | 38563 | -98% |
| 1986 | 36865 | 0.010364214 | 288 | 36577 | -98% |
| 1987 | 36134 | 0.010022081 | 264 | 35870 | -99% |
| 1988 | 34996 | 0.009471795 | 281 | 34715 | -98% |
| 1989 | 35199 | 0.009156146 | 188 | 35011 | -99% |
| 1990 | 33975 | 0.008596682 | 148 | 33827 | -99% |
| 1991 | 31093 | 0.007982823 | 166 | 30927 | -99% |
| 1992 | 29303 | 0.007629074 | 147 | 29156 | -99% |
| 1993 | 28818 | 0.007644066 | 130 | 28688 | -99% |
| 1994 | 28191 | 0.007583616 | 131 | 28060 | -99% |
| 1995 | 26830 | 0.007326824 | 104 | 26726 | -99% |
| 1996 | 25196 | 0.006908847 | 76 | 25120 | -99% |
| 1997 | 24028 | 0.006627448 | 80 | 23948 | -99% |
| 1998 | 23235 | 0.006317324 | 74 | 23161 | -99% |
| 1999 | 22766 | 0.006163606 | 64 | 22702 | -99% |
| 2000 | 22397 | 0.005925731 | 63 | 22334 | -99% |
| 2001 | 21072 | 0.005629567 | 61 | 21011 | -99% |
| 2002 | 21375 | 0.005718614 | 38 | 21337 | -100% |
| 2003 | 21116 | 0.00555427 | 53 | 21063 | -99% |
| 2004 | 21076 | 0.005516759 | 76 | 21000 | -99% |
| 2005 | 20277 | 0.005274745 | 50 | 20227 | -100% |
| 2006 | 20123 | 0.005087582 | 47 | 20076 | -100% |
| 2007 | 20288 | 0.005076254 | 30 | 20258 | -100% |
| 2008 | 19068 | 0.004852615 | 50 | 19018 | -99% |
| 2009 | 17597 | 0.004607964 | 40 | 17557 | -100% |
| 2010 | 15886 | 0.004299989 | 30 | 15856 | -100% |
| 2011 | 15321 | 0.004190291 | 25 | 15296 | -100% |
| 2012 | 14317 | 0.003916336 | 19 | 14298 | -100% |
| 2013 | 14340 | 0.003935612 | 29 | 14311 | -100% |
| 2014 | 13974 | 0.003772489 | 25 | 13949 | -100% |
| 2015 | 13552 | 0.003664299 | 20 | 13532 | -100% |
| 2016 | 13008 | 0.003548417 | 25 | 12983 | -100% |
| 2017 | 11752 | 0.003289336 | 14 | 11738 | -100% |
| 2018 | 11293 | 0.003215776 | 19 | 11274 | -100% |
| 2019 | 10587 | 0.003054688 | 17 | 10570 | -100% |
| 2020 | 9519 | 0.002855145 | 19 | 9500 | -100% |
| 2021 | 9131 | 0.002701709 | 12 | 9119 | -100% |
| 2022 | 9058 | 0.002694313 | 11 | 9047 | -100% |