Daniella
Feminine · “God is my judge”
Daniella is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 33,889 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Daniella is the feminine of Daniel, the Hebrew name carried by the prophet of the Book of Daniel and read aloud in synagogues and churches for well over two thousand years. The Romance languages softened it into Daniela; English writers doubled the l. Four syllables that end the way Isabella and Gabriella end, with the useful short form Dani waiting inside it.
How old is the name Daniella?
Daniella first appears in US birth records in 1951 — 74 years ago. The typical Daniella alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 33,500 people named Daniella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Daniella most popular?
Daniella peaked in 2011, reaching #280 nationally. Today it ranks #468, 188 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Daniyyel to Daniella
The story of Daniella
The root is Hebrew: Daniyyel, borne in the Hebrew Bible by the prophet whose book gave the world the lions' den and the writing on the wall. Daniel traveled into Greek and Latin with the biblical text, then into every European language, and became one of the steadiest boys' names in the Western record. Feminine forms grew from it in the Romance-speaking world — Daniela in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian, Danielle in French — and English-speaking parents took the Italian-style form and doubled the consonant, giving Daniella. That extra l is the mark of the English-language spelling; it changes nothing about the sound.
Meaning
God is my judge
From the Hebrew Daniyyel, combining the verb for judging with El, one of the names of God.
How the name formed
- Daniyyel
- Daniel
- Daniela
- Danielle
- Daniella
Related forms: Daniela · Daniela · Danielle · Daniela · Daniella · Daniela
Pronouncing Daniella
dan-YEL-uh
Four syllables are also common: dan-ee-EL-uh. Both are accepted, and speakers of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese will naturally reach for the second.
Nicknames for Daniella
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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 girls named
- 20071,171 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #280reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- +8.6%657 in 2025, from 605
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.
Daniella in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Daniela in Spanish — spelling variant
- Daniela in Italian — spelling variant
- Danielle in French — related form
- Daniela in Romanian — spelling variant
- Daniella in Hebrew — transliteration
- Daniela in Polish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Daniellas among us
people named Daniella are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,446 born in 2025 was named Daniella
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Daniella
- #468
- Daniella on the 2025 chart
- #198
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Daniella went to 657 girls in 2025, but Daniela is the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 1,672, which makes it the 198th most-given girls’ name of the year — 270 places above the chart.
- Daniela1,009
- Daniella657
and 1 rarer spelling.
About 1 girl in 961 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,446 for Daniella 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 Christian test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Daniella's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Christian climbed just as high around 1992, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Christian's path sketches the road Daniella is walking now.
Daniella 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
Where Daniella is headed
Daniella should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Daniella beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Daniella in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Meaning is not in doubt: 'God is my judge,' from a Hebrew name documented for more than two millennia.
- Recognizable in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, French and Hebrew — a family that travels without translation.
- Comes with short forms already in real use: Dani, Ella, Nella, Ellie.
- Long, unbroken presence in American records, familiar to every generation without ever crowding a classroom.
- The spelling will need repeating. Daniela, Danielle and Daniella all sound nearly identical aloud, and people default to whichever they saw first.
- The -ella ending sits in busy company — Isabella, Gabriella, Ella, Bella — so the name may echo others in a friendship group even if the full form does not repeat.
- Dani is unisex and shared with Daniel, which is handy on a form and less distinctive on a sports roster.
- Strongest in California, Texas and Florida, so how familiar it sounds can depend on where the family lives.
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Frequently asked
- How many Daniellas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 33,500 people named Daniella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Daniella?
- Daniella is one of 2 recorded spellings. Daniela is the more common one — 1,009 births in 2025 against 657 for Daniella.
- How popular is the name Daniella in 2025?
- Daniella ranks #468 among US girl names in 2025, with 657 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Daniella?
- About 1 in every 2,446 US girls born in 2025 was named Daniella — 657 in all.
- Will my child share the name Daniella with classmates?
- Daniella will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Daniella
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