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Haniel

#4,301 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Hanniel

Haniel has been given to 481 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #4,301 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 45 recorded.

Babies named Haniel, 2025

1 in 138,000

Haniel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Haniel: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Hanniel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Haniel means

Haniel is a variant of Hanniel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Haniel → Hanniel. The family’s meaning is “grace of God”, recorded in the naming reference for Hanniel.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Hanniel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 471 boys were recorded with the name Haniel between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2018; its best national rank was #2,719 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,953 in 2020 to #4,301 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,446 in 2015 to #4,301 in 2025.

In the United States, 10 girls were recorded with the name Haniel between 2008 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2008; its best national rank was #16,411 in 2019.

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 Haniel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 138,000
24 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 71,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,301
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
95,747 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Haniel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Haniel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Haniels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Haniel was born before 2017 — so the typical Haniel is around 8 today.

Median birth year
2017
About 8 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
43.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
96.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
471
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 43.9% of all recorded uses (207).

Is Haniel 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
−386
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−348
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+145
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.09×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
53.3%
Peak was 2018 (45)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
37.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,719
2018

Spellings of Haniel

Haniel is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 77.0% against Haniel's 0.02%.

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 Haniel is used

Across 1910–2025, Haniel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 786,071 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 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. Haniel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Haniel around the world

Where Haniel 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.

  • England & Wales
    2010–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025
  • France
    2012–2025
    #3,651
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2016–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1972–1972
    #479
    in 1972

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Haniel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,301
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 348
Best rank ever
#2,719
2018
Peak year
2018
45 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
471
Count in 2025
24

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,411
2019
Peak year
2008
5 that year
First recorded
2008
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
10
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Haniel

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

HannielHaneefHanzelHanleyHansenHanadHanifYazielJavielHansonDonielYerielJaxielJezielDavielKenielNorielJosielYanielYurielRemielAbrielUzzielJoniel

Sibling names for Haniel

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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