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Daniell

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One who judges [of] + me, through Δᾱνῑήλ

Daniell has been given to 2,883 babies in the U.S. since 1965. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1984, with 107 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 71% girls, 29% boys all-time.

Babies named Daniell, 2014

1 in 741,000

Daniell over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Daniell over time

In 2025, Daniell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Daniell: meaning, origin, and history

One who judges [of] + me, through Δᾱνῑήλ

Hebrew

What Daniell means

Daniell belongs to the name family reached through Daniell → Δᾱνῑήλ → דָּנִיֵּאל. Its meaning is “one who judges [of] + me”.

Origin, language, and formation

Daniell is used in Albanian. Its origins include Hebrew.

Daniell comes through Latin Daniēl, Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ and Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Daniel, Danjell, Δᾱνῑήλ and דָּנִיֵּאל.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Albanian, Daniell is pronounced /ˈda.ɲɛɫ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,047 girls were recorded with the name Daniell between 1965 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 107 in 1984; its best national rank was #1,219 in 1984.

In the United States, 836 boys were recorded with the name Daniell between 1951 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1979; its best national rank was #1,715 in 1975.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,896 in 2020 to #12,454 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Daniell?

Daniell had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014
1 in 741,000
5 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only
1 in 357,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
513,874 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daniell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daniell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daniells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daniell was born before 1985 — so the typical Daniell is around 40 today.

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
40.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
29.9%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,047
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 40.1% of all recorded uses (820).

Is Daniell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
—
Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1984 (107)
Years since peak
41
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,219
1984

Spellings of Daniell

Daniell is not the most common spelling — Danielle is, with 68.1% against Daniell's 0.37%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Daniell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Daniell was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 174,933 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 100,000
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 100,000
  7. 7Ohio1 in 100,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Daniell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Daniell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Daniell was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,372,223 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Daniell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Daniell around the world

Where Daniell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1978–1978
    #626
    in 1978

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Daniell in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Daniell. Linked forms have their own page here.

DaanDanielDanieleDanijelDaniëlDánielDeiniol

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Daniell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,219
1984
Peak year
1984
107 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2014
All-time count
2,047
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,454
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,558
Best rank ever
#1,715
1975
Peak year
1979
33 that year
First recorded
1951
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
836
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Daniell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DanyellDanellDannellDanishaDaniyahDanasiaDanieleDanitzaDanellaDannieDaniyaDanniellDaneenKendellDanellyChanellDanetteGissellRashellDannyDanayaIzabellDaneshaDanni

Names with a curve like Daniell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Daniell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

TequilaShalaLashawndaJeneeTiffaneyKatriceNatashiaMegganTamishaTalishaTashiaLatesha

Sibling names for Daniell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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