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Danyel

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Danyel has been given to 3,249 babies in the U.S. since 1964. 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 1976, with 126 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Danyel, 2018

1 in 586,000

Danyel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Danyel over time

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

19642025

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.

Danyel: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Danyel means

Danyel is a given name.

The naming story behind Danyel

Wikidata records Danyel as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q115014044, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,511 girls were recorded with the name Danyel between 1964 and 2018. Its highest annual count was 126 in 1976; its best national rank was #1,000 in 1974.

In the United States, 738 boys were recorded with the name Danyel between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 30 in 2007; its best national rank was #1,753 in 1976.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,214 in 2020 to #10,950 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,748 in 2015 to #10,950 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.

How common is Danyel?

Danyel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2018, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2018
1 in 586,000
6 of 3,516,853 births
Among girls only
1 in 283,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2018
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
406,284 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Danyel 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 2018 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 406,284 children born in 2018 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Danyel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Danyels were born

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

Median birth year
1985
About 40 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
32.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
25.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,511
People you could plausibly meet
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1970s — 32.1% of all recorded uses (806).

Is Danyel 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
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1976 (126)
Years since peak
49
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,000
1974

Spellings of Danyel

Danyel is not the most common spelling — Angel is, with 42.9% against Danyel's 1.1%.

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 Danyel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Danyel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 153,992 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Indiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Michigan1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 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. Danyel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Danyel is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Danyel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 967,184 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Danyel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Danyel around the world

Where Danyel 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
    1972–1982
    #670
    in 1982

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

Danyel in other languages

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

DanelDanylDaniel

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

Danyel 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
#1,000
1974
Peak year
1976
126 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2018
All-time count
2,511
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,950
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,736
Best rank ever
#1,753
1976
Peak year
2007
30 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
738
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Danyel

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

DannieDaniyaDaneenDanishaDanniDanieleDanyaDaniyahDannyDanayaDanielDanylaDanasiaDannahDanikaDanelyDaniahDanitzaDanahDanniaDanellaDanaeDanicaDanell

Names with a curve like Danyel

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

NickoleKenyettaKieshaTashiaDaciaNikiaTamishaKrissyTarraKatriceMandieKenyatta

Sibling names for Danyel

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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