Danniel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAN-yel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Danniel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Danniel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Daniel
“God is my judge”
A spelling of Daniel, the biblical prophet who survived a night in the lions' den.
Is Danniel a girl's or a boy's name?
Danniel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danniel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Danniel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the boys named Danniel in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,105 boys in the US were given Danniel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
In 1996, 19% of the babies named Danniel in the US were girls.
Danniel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 33 | #3,087 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,405 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 39 | #2,140 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 25 | #2,623 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,826 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 31 | #1,795 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 28 | #1,834 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 33 | #1,558 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,285 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 21 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 30 | #1,427 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 31 | #1,385 |
| 1964 | 31 | #1,407 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,294 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,195 |
| 1960 | 40 | #1,241 |
| 1959 | 51 | #1,080 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,221 |
| 1957 | 46 | #1,129 |
| 1956 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,272 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | 36 | #1,244 |
| 1952 | 46 | #1,065 |
| 1951 | 45 | #1,069 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 21 | #1,610 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,251 |
| 1946 | 21 | #1,556 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,535 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 14 | #1,946 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
Nicknames for Danniel
Names like Danniel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Michael Joel David Gabriel Derek Matthew Nathaniel Jonathan Ian Jamie Ruben Rafael
Other spellings of Danniel
Names related to Danniel
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Danniel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danniel, updated 20 October 2026.