Dany

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Peak · boys
#1,956
1954 · 16 births
Debut · boys
1946
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,430
since 1946

Dany over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,278, 1954peak #1,956, 1954girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#3,24036
2024—#4,32124
2023—#2,89543
2022—#3,46433
2021—#3,07439
2020—#3,07437
2019—#3,49632
2018—#4,09425
2017—#3,31234
2016—#3,99026
2015—#3,51331
2014—#3,37132
2013—#3,18934
2012—#4,68620
2011—#3,04637
2010—#2,87441
2009—#3,16236
2008—#2,68446
2007—#2,72144
2006—#2,78441
2005—#3,09133
2004—#3,45627
2003—#3,44326
2002—#2,88232
2001—#3,22827
2000—#4,78515
1999—#3,59121
1998—#2,71130
1997—#3,16023
1996#11,8076#3,29321
1995—#4,28014
1994—#2,68527
1993—#2,94323
1992#11,7386#2,99922
1991#10,2717#3,63616
1990#11,4096#3,30918
1989#6,53112#3,61815
1988#9,2447#3,52314
1987#5,31214#3,33914
1986—#5,3327
1985#8,3187#3,07015
1984#9,1446#3,27013
1983#8,0477#3,63011
1982—#3,48212
1981#10,4115#4,1539
1980—#2,72917
1979—#4,0689
1978—#2,92914
1977—#3,8369
1976—#4,9356
1975—#3,9418
1974—#3,12011
1973—#3,6948
1972—#4,4416
1971—#4,3756
1970—#4,7245
1969—#3,0629
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1965—#3,2447
1964—#3,2827
1963#5,8916#3,0448
1962#4,8658#3,3057
1961—#2,53811
1960—#2,68510
1959—#3,2907
1958—#2,8189
1957—#2,63110
1956—#2,7989
1955—#2,7649
1954#4,2788#1,95616
1953—#3,4256
1952—#2,6809
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1950—#3,6815
1949—#3,6905
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1947—#3,3706
1946—#3,5255
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First appearance
1946

The first year at least five boys were named Dany! It came in at #3,525, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1948–1951, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dany is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedHITexas: #2,285 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 29,175 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dany, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,285 · 1 in 29,175

Best ever in a state: #653 in Kentucky, 2020.

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See more about Dany
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,081 spots since 2024 (#4,321 → #3,240)
  • 166 spots since 2020 (#3,074 → #3,240)
  • 273 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1946
  • Peaked 1954 at #1,956 (16 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 39,781
  • Highest: 1 in 39,781 boys born in 2023 were named Dany (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,956 in 1954, was only 1 in 127,422 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 22.9% of all boys named Dany (327) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1988
  • Mostly girls until 1987, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s16#3,370 (1947)#3,528
1950s80#1,956 (1954)#2,894
1960s59#2,538 (1961)#3,023
1970s82#2,929 (1978)#4,006
1980s127#2,729 (1980)#3,615
1990s215#2,685 (1994)#3,261
2000s327#2,684 (2008)#3,224
2010s312#2,874 (2010)#3,557
2020s212#2,895 (2023)#3,345

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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