Daniel
Daniel holds the #22 spot in the 2025 national count, neither climbing nor fading. On the books since 1880, peaking in 1985: 1,982,812 American children so far.
What Daniel carries
Daniel · Hebrew
“the judging God”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Daniel’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Daniel, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Daniel since 1880
Daniel peaked in 1985 at #5; #22 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Daniel is most common
Daniel is most common in District of Columbia: 1.03% of the state's recorded boys' names in 2025. Alaska (0.97%) and Hawaii (0.89%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Daniel
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
Joshua
#66 in 2025 · Hebrew
Aaron
#80 in 2025 · Hebrew
Sarah
#90 in 2025 · Hebrew
Adam
#101 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jordan
#131 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Daniel
Where does Daniel rank right now?
Daniel holds the #22 spot in the 2025 national count, neither climbing nor fading. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
Does Daniel have a meaning on record?
“the judging God” is the meaning our source sets down, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
Is there a sibling name for Daniel?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Matthew sits closest, with Jacob and Hannah just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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