Girls' name · peaked in 2011

Daniella name popularity since 1925

33,895 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Daniella. Half of them were born in 2007 or earlier, so the typical Daniella is about 19 years old in 2026. Daniella peaked in 2011 as the #280 name for girls, and it ranked #468 in 2025.

Key facts

US babies since 1925
33,895
Named Daniella, 1925–2025
Peak year
2011
#280 for girls that year
Typical age
About 19
Median birth year 2007
In 2025
#468
for girls in 2025 (657 babies)
Girls / boys
100.0% girls
33,889 girls · 6 boys
Most popular in
Florida
3.18× its national share

Peak year is the year Daniella made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Daniella births per year, 1925–2025

Babies named Daniella per year, 1925–2025

The biggest year by count was 2007. Measured as a share of all babies, Daniella peaked in 2011.

  • Fastest rise: Between 1982 and 1987, Daniella became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 10,100 baby girls to 1 in 4,740.

Shaded on the chart. This compares Daniella's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Daniella.

Decade by decade

Babies named Daniella in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade GirlsBoys Rank
1925–29 00 –
1930s 00 Under 5
1940s 00 Under 5
1950s 100 Under 5
1960s 3100 #1,638
1970s 1,0160 #1,254
1980s 2,6446 #674
1990s 5,9040 #421
2000s 9,8610 #314
2010s 9,9740 #317
2020–25 4,1700 #468

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.

Generation fingerprint

45.0% of babies named Daniella from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:

Daniella by generation Baby Boomers born 1946–64 0.2% Gen X born 1965–80 4.1% Millennials born 1981–96 18.6% Gen Z born 1997–2012 45.0% Gen Alpha born 2013–25 32.1%

Where Daniella is most popular

The index compares Daniella's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Daniella.

StateIndexBabies
Florida3.18×3,656
Arizona2.43×1,003
New Jersey2.25×1,974
California1.94×6,540
New York1.93×4,656

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Daniella and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

SpellingGirlsPeak year
Daniella (this page) 33,889 2011
Daniela 68,514 2002

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Daniella's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Daniella.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Daniella (2011).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data