Daniela
The story
Daniela is Daniel's daughter in Spanish and Italian, God is my judge underneath, and our meaning records note it still sits in Spain's top fifteen today. The American curve is a clean single arc: about 570 in the 1960s, then 1,500, 4,200, 12,200, cresting at 26,700 in the 2000s, one of the great Hispanic-classic decades in our records, then settling to 16,300 and 7,100 so far this decade. Dani does the everyday work, as our nickname records note. In our records it goes to girls about 68,500 to 170, effectively all girls this decade. The settle is not a fall from grace but the normal breathing of a name whose community carried it up and keeps carrying it: Daniela remains what it has been for forty years, one of the default beautiful choices for a Spanish-speaking daughter.
Daniela around the world
One shared root links 8 names across 3 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Daniyyel "God is my judge", the dream-reading prophet
The constellation
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Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Daniela peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
285,876 people · the #107 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 710 · median age 34
Among people named Daniela living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 1,883 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Daniela
Most people given the name Daniela in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Daniela deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Daniela truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Daniela fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Daniela travels
Mexican American · a hugely popular feminine form embraced by Mexican-American families
Keep exploring
Nicknames for Daniela · Spanish baby names from Spain · Spanish baby names · Mexican American baby names
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