Daniels

maleStatistical record

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

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

Daniels: Recorded since 2005, it reached #354 in 2010, and it stood at #4,270 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#354highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2006–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#2870
2007	#2211
2008	#1953
2009	#1749
2010	#1724
2011	#1158
2012	#1021
2013	#1339
2014	#1630
2015	#1380
2016	#1570
2017	#1923
2018	#1382
2019	#2266
2020	#2682
2021	#2730
2022	#3048
2024	#4270

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 18 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2021: #755 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2730 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #518 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2005–2021
Highest recorded position: #354 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2005–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4270 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Daniels appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 18 ranked years and 226 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2005.

Daniels 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.

Daniels'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	#2870 (2006)	#1021 (2012)	#4270 (2024)	18 of 19	226 (2006–2024)	27 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#518 (2005)	#354 (2010)	#755 (2021)	12 of 17	58 (2005–2021)	11 (2010)

Daniels 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 Daniels in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	35	4 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	167	10 of 10	17
2020s	24	4 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Daniels 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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Daniels'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	#4270	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2266	9	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1382	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1923	12	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1630	14	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1158	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1953	10	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2870	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#430	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	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 2005 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #354, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2006, and 1 year 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.

Daniella · #141, 39y
Danielle · #8, 59y
Daniil · #472, 22y
Danika · #329, 37y

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.

Ava-Grace · #353, 19y
Erin-Rose · #355, 14y
Ericka · #356, 23y
Adley · #351, 19y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Eila · #354, 21y
Adah · #355, 20y
Ava-Grace · #353, 19y
Erin-Rose · #355, 14y

Daniels was ranked #354 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2010. 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.

Daniels 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 Daniels without appearing here.

Daniels moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1953 and #3687.
Tayla Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2870 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #2211 and #3095.
Glenn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #2165 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Daniels

Isak Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #1517.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Daithi Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #4270 and #3254.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2266 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Daniels

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 while Albie went from #421 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 while Alfred went from #151 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 while Archie went from #40 to #10.

Moved the same way as Daniels

Aaron Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 and Aaron from #44 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 and Alan from #251 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 and Alex from #57 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Daniels went from #2870 to #4270 and Alexander from #24 to #36.

What's not yet available

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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 2005 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #354 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Daniels

Daniels at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Daniels across 2 official records

Daniels by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Daniels appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Daniels at a glance

Daniels across 2 official records

Daniels by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Daniels appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Daniels

Daniels and the names beside it

Daniels moved ahead of

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