Daniel Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Daniel: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,982,812 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,982,812

Peak year

1985 #5

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-23.1%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	15,307	#10
2012	14,304	#11
2013	14,326	#10
2014	13,961	#10
2015	13,543	#12
2016	12,996	#13
2017	11,758	#15
2018	11,296	#15
2019	10,592	#15
2020	9,530	#14
2021	9,162	#16
2022	9,121	#14
2023	8,402	#17
2024	8,426	#16
2025	8,085	#22

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1985

5,459

3,153

2,746

2,013

1,910

1,706

Names from the same era

Ryan · 1985 Bryan · 1985 Joel · 1985 Dustin · 1985 Ross · 1985 Drew · 1985 Antoine · 1985 Christopher · 1984 Adam · 1984 Marcus · 1984

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