Danial Boy
How popular is Danial?
#8,239 boy name in 2025
9 baby boys were named Danial in the US in 2025, making it the 8239th most popular boy name.
Danial popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #8,239 for boys (▼ 2340 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-68% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,774 in 2015, #4,851 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (210 boys) |
| Highest rank | #508 in 1954 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Danial counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daniel family of names ranked #25 for boys in 2025 (#21 the year before), with 8,136 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 8,085 | 99% |
| Danial | 9 | 0% |
| Daniil | 10 | 0% |
| Danyal | 12 | 0% |
| Danniel | 9 | 0% |
| Danyel | 6 | 0% |
| Daniell | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Danial is most popular
Babies named Danial per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
Danial by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | #563 |
| 1890s | 41 | #856 |
| 1900s | 24 | #1,021 |
| 1910s | 145 | #1,291 |
| 1920s | 316 | #1,041 |
| 1930s | 349 | #977 |
| 1940s | 699 | #589 |
| 1950s | 1,828 | #508 |
| 1960s | 1,799 | #530 |
| 1970s | 1,392 | #605 |
| 1980s | 1,118 | #732 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,098 |
| 2000s | 496 | #1,871 |
| 2010s | 282 | #3,088 |
| 2020s | 104 | #4,339 |
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Questions
- Is Danial a boy or girl name?
- Danial is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Danial were boys.
- How popular is the name Danial?
- 9 baby boys were named Danial in the US in 2025, making it the 8239th most popular boy name.
- When was Danial most popular?
- Danial peaked in 1957, when 210 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #508 in 1954.
- How many people are named Danial?
- 9,474 babies have been named Danial in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,159 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Danial most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Danial was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.