Danial

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Danial: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Danial: Recorded since 1983, its highest recorded position is #258, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
38times a registrar ranked it
42years from first to last
#258highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#759
1998	#616
1999	#697
2000	#624
2001	#638
2002	#633
2003	#695
2004	#773
2005	#726
2006	#793
2007	#926
2008	#987
2009	#1358
2010	#970
2011	#1447
2012	#1313
2013	#1404
2014	#1486
2015	#1586
2016	#1704
2017	#1812
2018	#1991
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#3451
2022	#4789
2023	#2813
2024	#2088

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2011: #730 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1447 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1983–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1983
First recorded at #258 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1983 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1983–2011
Highest recorded position: #258 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1983 (recorded 1983–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Danial appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 575 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1983.

Danial across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Danial's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#535 (1996)	#535 (1996)	#2088 (2024)	29 of 29	575 (1996–2024)	34 (2005)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#258 (1983)	#258 (1983)	#730 (2011)	9 of 29	35 (1983–2011)	5 (1983)

Danial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Danial in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	106	4 of 10	27
2000sbusiest	284	10 of 10	28
2010s	155	10 of 10	16
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Danial appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Danial's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1704	14	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1313	19	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#970	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1358	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#987	26	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#926	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#793	32	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#726	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#773	28	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#695	31	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#633	31	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#638	29	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#624	29	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#697	24	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#616	29	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#759	21	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#390	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#258	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1983 and 2024, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #258, first reached in 1983.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 34 births, registered in England and Wales in 2005.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Dani · #306, 46y
Dania · #634, 30y
Danica · #440, 30y
Daniel · #1, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Francesco · #258, 31y
Leroy · #258, 34y
Tonny · #258, 30y
Mariel · #257, 37y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Mariel · #257, 37y
Deane · #255, 12y
Hiba · #254, 40y
Orlaigh · #254, 21y

Danial was ranked #258 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1983. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Danial and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Danial without appearing here.

Danial moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4789 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Grant Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2813 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #4270.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3451 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Danial

Brent Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3848 and #4608 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.
Tor Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3451 and #3990 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4789 and #3449.
Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Isak Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1991 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2488.

Moved the opposite way to Danial

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Danial

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Danial went from #535 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1983 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #258 in Republic of Ireland in 1983. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Danial

Danial at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Danial across 2 official records

Danial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Danial appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

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Danial moved ahead of

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Danial at a glance

Danial across 2 official records

Danial by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Danial appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Danial

Danial and the names beside it

Danial moved ahead of

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