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How popular is the name Daniels?
Births per year, rank history and how many Danielses are alive today.
Daniels (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2012, when 27 babies were given the name, the 1021st most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2024 figure is roughly 15% of its peak.
The Daniels you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Danielses born in England and Wales are between 9 and 16, and there are at least 250 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Daniels - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Daniels.
How many babies are named Daniels each year?
Where does Daniels rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Daniels most popular?
Daniels peaked in 2012, when 27 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Daniels?
At least 250 people named Daniels born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Daniels?
Most living Danielses are between 9 and 16; the most common age is about 14.
Is Daniels becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.