Danzel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAN-zel
- Origin
- Cornish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Danzel is a boys' name of Cornish origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Danzel mean?
Cornish: variant of Denzel, from a Cornish place name
A spelling of Denzel, from a Cornish place name and surname, made famous by actor Denzel Washington.
Is Danzel a girl's or a boy's name?
Danzel 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 Danzel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Danzel, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 84 boys. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the boys named Danzel in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Danzel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 47 | #1,787 |
| 1992 | 57 | #1,541 |
| 1991 | 84 | #1,204 |
| 1990 | 64 | #1,390 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
Names like Danzel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Denzel, Axel, Jacob, Maxwell, Austin, Caleb, Abel, Dylan, Angel, Samuel, Noah, Jordan
Names related to Danzel
More Cornish names
Elowyn, Lowen, Elowen, Jennifer, Jenna, Merryn, Lowenna, Sennen, Elowynn, Morwenna, Demelza, Jennah, Senara, Merrin, Jena, Zennor
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, “Danzel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/danzel, updated 20 October 2026.