Daniel

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #22in 2025
  • 1 in 211boys in 2025
  • −33%last ten years
  • 2.0×in District of Columbia

Most popular in 1985. Quieter now: down 33% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

010,43220,86318801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Daniel, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18805,820
18815,232
18825,225
18835,878
18845,007
18854,963
18865,010
18875,483
18884,683
18894,657
18904,549
18914,991
18924,368
18934,648
18944,449
18954,395
18964,692
18974,612
18984,263
18994,566
19003,974
19013,907
19024,084
19033,623
19043,684
19053,658
19063,800
19073,596
19083,434
19093,470
19103,563
19113,523
19123,545
19133,664
19143,551
19153,538
19163,538
19173,631
19183,676
19193,598
19203,661
19213,711
19223,938
19233,890
19243,887
19254,076
19264,067
19274,095
19283,996
19294,059
19304,069
19314,194
19324,261
19334,347
19344,360
19354,409
19364,644
19374,804
19385,034
19395,237
19405,370
19415,740
19426,159
19436,423
19446,834
19457,213
19467,923
19478,302
19489,409
194910,282
195010,719
195111,218
195212,049
195311,914
195412,397
195512,845
195612,601
195712,672
195812,071
195911,785
196012,167
196112,195
196212,347
196312,218
196412,216
196513,350
196613,047
196712,726
196812,665
196912,955
197012,658
197112,319
197213,624
197315,188
197415,158
197515,252
197615,744
197715,867
197816,105
197916,567
198016,754
198117,299
198217,996
198319,385
198420,240
198520,863
198619,860
198719,216
198818,136
198917,495
199016,470
199115,312
199214,597
199314,632
199414,526
199514,040
199613,265
199712,705
199812,120
199911,824
200011,374
200110,815
200210,998
200310,667
200410,589
200510,132
20069,771
20079,766
20089,329
20098,855
20108,271
20118,059
20127,541
20137,574
20147,268
20157,066
20166,848
20176,352
20186,220
20195,903
20205,521
20215,237
20225,224
20234,912
20244,891
20254,733

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. District of Columbia 2.0×
  2. Alaska 1.8×
  3. New Mexico 1.6×
  4. Delaware 1.5×
  5. Washington 1.5×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
8,085
Rank in 2025
#22
How rare
1 in 211 boys
Since 1880
1,982,812

Most popular in 1985, at 20,863 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 33% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
District of Columbia2.0×80
Alaska1.8×61
New Mexico1.6×146
Delaware1.5×65
Washington1.5×703

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.