UK boy's name
Daanyaal
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2013. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Daanyaal is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Daanyaal popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2013 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4685, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2001, with 45 births.
This profile covers 341 England and Wales registrations across 17 recorded years from 1996 to 2013. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 7% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 344 living people in the UK are called Daanyaal. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2014 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Daanyaal ranked #4685 for boys in England and Wales in 2013, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2001, when 45 boys were registered as Daanyaal.
- • Daanyaal ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #480 in 2003.
- • About 344 living people in the UK are estimated to have Daanyaal as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4685
2013
Births in 2013
3
Latest year
Peak year
2001
45 births
Estimated living
344
2026
Popularity
Daanyaal over time
The chart below shows babies named Daanyaal registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2013. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Daanyaal, the clearest high point is 2001. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2013, compared with 45 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Daanyaal by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Daanyaal was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | #3037 | 21 | 3 |
| 2000s | #1068 | 243 | 10 |
| 1990s | #846 | 77 | 4 |
Geography
Where Daanyaal is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Daanyaal. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Daanyaal ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #480 in 2003.
Across the UK
Daanyaal in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#480 in 2003
2 years of NRS records, 6 total registered
Related
Names similar to Daanyaal
- Daniel 120,900
- Dylan 60,836
- David 37,852
- Dominic 20,480
- Declan 11,657
- Dexter 11,627
- Danny 8,434
- Dean 5,329
- Dillon 4,113
- Douglas 3,773
- Dominik 3,494
- Damian 3,486
FAQ
Daanyaal: questions and answers
How popular is the name Daanyaal in the UK right now?
In 2013, Daanyaal was ranked #4685 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Daanyaal most popular?
The peak year on record was 2001, with 45 babies registered as Daanyaal in England and Wales.
How many people are called Daanyaal in the UK?
A total of 341 babies have been registered as Daanyaal across the 17 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 6 more in Scotland.
Where is Daanyaal most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Daanyaal ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #480 in 2003. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.