Danyel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAN-yel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Danyel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my judge”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Danyel mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Daniel
“God is my judge”
Respelling of Daniel, the Hebrew prophet thrown into the lions' den in the Book of Daniel.
Is Danyel a girl's or a boy's name?
Danyel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Danyel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Danyel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2007, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Danyel in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 8,105 boys in the US were given Danyel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #29, up from #10,690 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 75% of the babies named Danyel in the US in 1968, and 32% in 2012.
Danyel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 15 | #2,418 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 9 | #3,280 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
Nicknames for Danyel
Names like Danyel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noah Caleb Dylan Axel Jacob Ethan Levi Jonah Jordan Nathan Micah Isaac
Other spellings of Danyel
Names related to Danyel
More Hebrew names
Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie Eliana Joseph Adam
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, “Danyel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danyel, updated 20 October 2026.