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Danil

Masculine

1923high 2018
#12008 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare5 boys in 2025

Danil entered the US charts in 1923, peaked at #3201 in 1955, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.

How old is the name Danil?

Danil first appears in US birth records in 1923 — 102 years ago. The typical Danil alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 300 people named Danil are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Danil most popular?

Danil peaked in 1955, reaching #3201 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 8,807 places below that high. See the whole 1955 chart.

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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

BOYS NAMED · 1923–2025147014519232025

US babies named Danil per year from 1923 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#32011920s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1923
Most boys named
201814 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#3201reached in 1955
Change vs 2024
−37.5%5 in 2025, from 8
Danil sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2018, with 14 boys. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Danils among us

300

people named Danil are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Danil

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Danil

#12008
Danil on the 2025 chart
#913
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Danil went to 5 boys in 2025, but Daniil is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 15, which makes it the 913th most-given boys’ name of the year — 11,095 places above the chart.

  • Daniil10
  • Danil5

About 1 boy in 113,872 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 341,615 for Danil 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

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Is it right for you

The Bond test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Danil's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Bond climbed just as high around 1920, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Bond's path sketches the road Danil is walking now.

40%chance Danil will feel “very 2000s” by 2040
Danil, aligned on its peakBond· peak 1920not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-30 yrs+70 yrsBond · #7355Danil today
Danil today is about where Bond stood in 1990 — 70 years past a #3208-sized peak. By 2005, Bond had settled around #9383.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Danil 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

Danil beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Danil in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Danilthis name5#12008Daniell5#12008Addam5#12008Isrrael5#12008Philipp5#12008

US boys given each name in 2025.

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Frequently asked

How many Danils are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 300 people named Danil are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Danil?
Danil is one of 2 recorded spellings. Daniil is the more common one — 10 births in 2025 against 5 for Danil.
How popular is the name Danil in 2025?
Danil ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Danil?
About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Danil — 5 in all.
Will my child share the name Danil with classmates?
Danil will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Danil

Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.

Daniell#12008 · Addam#12008 · Isrrael#12008 · Philipp#12008 · Steffen#12008 · Cezar#12008 · Johny#12008 · Sedric#12008

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