Daniela

Meaning: God is my judge
Origin: Hebrew — Feminine form of Daniel

Girl's name · #302 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Daniela's best rank, #108, came in 2007; it has settled back to #302 today. Roughly 69,000 girls have been named Daniela since 1947.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 38 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#16 in Mexico (2024) · #18 in Spain (2024) · #38 in Ecuador (2025) · #48 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #87 in Czechia (2025) · #228 in Italy (2024) · #250 in Poland (2025) · #611 in Belgium (2025) · #628 in Austria (2025) · #718 in Ireland (2025) · #816 in Switzerland (2025) · #834 in Canada (2025) and 7 more.

Famous Danielas

Daniela Hantuchová — Slovak tennis player (born 1983)
Daniela Melchior — Portuguese actress (born 1996)
Daniela Ruah — American-Portuguese actress and director (born 1983)
Daniela Bianchi — Italian actress (born 1942)
Daniela Iraschko-Stolz — Austrian ski jumper (born 1983)
Daniela Mercury — Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1965)

In stories & tradition

Daniela — Papa Louie (video game series)

What Danielas become

Among 3,410 notable people named Daniela:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Daniela Kühn, German mathematician (born 1973).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Daniella (#468), Daniela would rank around #188 with about 1,700 births last year — the newborns split about 61/39 between Daniela and Daniella.

Similar names: Daniella · Gabriela · Danica · Kyla · Isabel · Ana

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