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Daniel
Pronounced /ˈdænjəl/
Rank in 2024
#16
Born in 2024
8,391
Peak year
1985 · #5
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:9 in 2024 (#10,868)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 8,391 boys were named Daniel, about 1 in every 204.
- It peaked in 1985 with 38,564 babies, ranked #5.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 1,974,589 boys have been named Daniel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Daniel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.8Greatest1901–27
- 5.2Silent1928–45
- 11.5Boomers1946–64
- 14.3Gen X1965–80
- 17.0Millennials1981–96
- 10.2Gen Z1997–12
- 6.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 63,031 babies, 3.77 per 1,000. Silent: 106,761 babies, 5.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 433,067 babies, 11.53 per 1,000. Gen X: 389,835 babies, 14.32 per 1,000. Millennials: 518,192 babies, 17.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 319,238 babies, 10.17 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 133,003 babies, 6.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.
- A male given name from Hebrew in regular use since the Middle Ages.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ˈdænjəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Daniel, CC BY-SA 4.0.