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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

DanielaIn Hebrew: דניאלה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: דָּנִיאֵלָה

Daniela (Hebrew: דניאלה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 9,481 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 106 girls and ranked #167. Its peak year was 1992, with 236 babies.

People in Israel
9,481
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
106
rank #167
Peak year
1992
236 babies
USA, 2025
1,009
rank #302

Writing and saying Daniela

In Hebrew letters the name is דניאלה, read right to left. Daniela is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Daniela by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Daniela: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Daniela in English-speaking countries

Daniela in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,009#3022007 (3,079)
United Kingdom202529#1,1872012 (77)
England and Wales202529#1,1342012 (74)
Ireland20254#6922008 (15)
Alberta20259#4921987 (9)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Daniela has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Daniela

How do you write Daniela in Hebrew?

Daniela is written דניאלה in Hebrew (with vowel points: דָּנִיאֵלָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Daniela?

9,481 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name דניאלה: 9,474 women and 7 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Daniela a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.9% of the people named דניאלה are women.

Is Daniela used outside Israel?

The name Daniela appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,009 girls were given it in 2025 (#302), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 29 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.