Daniela

What Daniela means

Form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”

form of Daniel || From Middle English Daniel, Daniell, from Ancient Greek Δᾱνῑήλ (Dānīḗl), from Hebrew דָּנִיֵּאל (daniyél, literally “God is my judge”), name borne from the prophet whose story is told in the Book of Daniel.

Source: Wiktionary, “Daniela” (revision 93883761) and “Daniel” (revision 94538693), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Daniela?

US: Falling: down from #201 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #708 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2002, when 3,026 girls got the name (#113 that year). First in the US records in 1947.

How common

• About 1 in 1,593 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 8,734 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.48 per 1,000 girls), CA (1.26 per 1,000 girls), MD (1.25 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Daniela is #302 in the US and #1133 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Daniela were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Daniella657 US · 64 E&W
• Danniella6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Daniela

Girls

• Isabel#176“my God is an oath”^*
• Annika#995Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,089 babies; 254 in 2025
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Makayla#566Form of Michael, meaning “who is like God?”^*
• Jordyn#371Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #136 in 2015, #371 in 2025
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US

For a brother

• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Issac#915Variant of Isaac, meaning “he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Ethan#24“firmness, strong, or long-lived”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Emanuel#574Spanish, meaning “God is with us”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Daniela’s. Rank is US 2025.