Daniel vs Muhammad

Daniel is the more popular boy name in Canada, #29 to #31 in 2023. Daniel is the more popular boy name in the United States, #16 to #245 in 2024.

Place by place

Each place ranks its own registered births, so the two names are compared inside one list at a time, in that place's most recent complete year.

DanielMuhammad#1#250#500#750#1000Canada#29 → #31 ↓2United States#16 → #245 ↓229Alberta#16 → #24 ↓8British Columbia#17 → #102 ↓85Ontario#19 → #9 ↑10Quebec#112 → #549 ↓437
PlaceYear Daniel Muhammad Ahead
Canada2023#29#31Daniel
United States2024#16#245Daniel
Alberta2024#16#24Daniel
British Columbia2024#17#102Daniel
Ontario2024#19#9Muhammad
Quebec2024#112#549Daniel

Daniel and Muhammad in Canada, 2020–2023

Daniel slipped from #28 in 2020 to #29 in 2023 in Canada. Muhammad climbed from #49 in 2020 to #31 in 2023 in Canada.

#1#50#29 Daniel#31 Muhammad2020202120222023

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Daniel and Muhammad in the United States, 2020–2024

Daniel slipped from #14 in 2020 to #16 in 2024 in the United States. Muhammad climbed from #309 in 2020 to #245 in 2024 in the United States.

#1#250#500#16 Daniel#245 Muhammad20202021202220232024

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Other comparisons

How this comparison is built

Both names are ranked by how many babies were registered with that exact spelling, so every position here counts real births rather than votes or searches. Rank is the only measure every source publishes, so it is what the charts plot; birth counts are not released for every place.

A place appears only in the years it published a complete list, which is why a name can be missing from a year it was almost certainly given to some babies. See every head-to-head on the site, or the ranked lists these names come from.