Daniell
Masculine · “God is my judge”
Daniell is given to both — 836 boys and 2,047 girls since 1880. See Daniell as a girl nameSee other names given to both
The Book of Daniel is set in the sixth century BC and was written in the second. Its Aramaic, its Persian loanwords and its historical mistakes about Babylon all point one way, and its account of the years around 165 BC is suspiciously precise. It is a book about the present wearing the costume of the past.
How old is the name Daniell?
Daniell first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Daniell alive today was born around 1985, making them about 40 years old. About 800 people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daniell most popular?
Daniell peaked in 1975, reaching #1704 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 10,304 places below that high. See the whole 1975 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Daniyyel to Daniell
The story of Daniell
The dating argument is old and settled among scholars, and it does not diminish the book. Written during a persecution under a Seleucid king who had outlawed Jewish practice, it tells stories about earlier Jews who refused to comply under earlier kings and survived — the furnace, the lions' den — and then describes the current crisis in visionary language. That is a recognizable genre and it was written to be read by people who understood the code. As a modern name, the practical problem is smaller and immediate: one letter separates this spelling from the French feminine, and forms will get it wrong.
Meaning
God is my judge
Hebrew Daniyyel: din, to judge, with el, God. The doubled l at the end of this spelling is American; the French feminine Danielle has the same doubled l plus an e, which is why the two are constantly confused on paper.
How the name formed
- Daniyyel
- Daniel
- Daniell
Related forms: Daniel · Daniyyel
Pronouncing Daniell
DAN-yul
Two or three syllables depending on care, stress on the first. Daniel and Daniell are said identically; Danielle, with the extra e, is said dan-YELL and is a different name.
Nicknames for Daniell
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1951
- Most boys named
- 197933 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1704reached in 1975
- Change vs 2023
- −50.0%5 in 2025, from 10
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Daniell in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daniel in French — same name
- Daniyyel in Hebrew — same name
Daniells among us
people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Daniell
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daniell
- #12008
- Daniell on the 2025 chart
- #23
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daniell went to 5 boys in 2025, but Daniel is the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 8,105, which makes it the 23rd most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,985 places above the chart.
- Daniel8,085
- Daniell5
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 boy in 211 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Daniell itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Utah test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daniell's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Utah climbed just as high around 1921, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Utah's path sketches the road Daniell is walking now.
Daniell sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Daniell beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daniell in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Hebrew meaning that is a complete sentence.
- Three short forms, one of which serves either child.
- Continuous use for more than two thousand years.
- Daniel is the standard spelling and the extra l will be dropped constantly.
- It is one letter from the French feminine, which guarantees confusion on paperwork.
- The very few girls given this spelling will be read as boys, and the reverse will happen too.
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Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Daniells are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Daniell are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daniell?
- Daniell is one of 2 recorded spellings. Daniel is the more common one — 8,085 births in 2025 against 5 for Daniell.
- How popular is the name Daniell in 2025?
- Daniell ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daniell?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Daniell — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daniell with classmates?
- Daniell will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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