Dabney
Dabney was last recorded in 2023, when 5 babies were given it; 623 Americans have been recorded with it between 1897 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dabney by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dabney?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,717, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
21 babies in 1973, the peak
Dabney peaked in 1973, when 21 babies were given it (15 girls, #4,015 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,717 | under 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | #16,087 | under 5 | |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,890 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,743 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,306 | under 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,391 | under 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,495 | under 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | #17,389 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,271 | |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,079 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | #8,982 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,241 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,581 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,812 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,110 | under 5 | |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,983 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,783 | under 5 | |
| 1993 | 6 | #12,113 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,734 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,628 | under 5 | |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,961 | 5 | #8,365 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,813 | under 5 | |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,490 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,246 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,757 | under 5 | |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,822 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,984 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,300 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,730 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 5 | #6,223 | |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,080 | 5 | #5,981 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,399 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,070 | under 5 | |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,780 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 15 | #4,015 | 6 | #4,606 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,526 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,115 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 9 | #5,478 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,739 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,162 | 5 | #4,072 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,937 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,785 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,947 | 8 | #3,093 |
| 1961 | under 5 | 6 | #3,723 | |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,833 | under 5 | |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,449 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,591 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,258 | 5 | #4,097 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,127 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 7 | #3,258 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 10 | #2,621 | |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,303 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,192 | under 5 | |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,458 | 9 | #2,704 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,957 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,648 | 6 | #3,385 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,451 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 6 | #3,243 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 6 | #3,059 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 7 | #2,989 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 8 | #2,699 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 6 | #3,242 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 7 | #2,933 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 7 | #3,015 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 7 | #3,142 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 6 | #3,465 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 6 | #3,638 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 6 | #3,864 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 5 | #4,334 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 11 | #2,625 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 5 | #4,486 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 9 | #3,065 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,489 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 6 | #3,924 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 7 | #3,477 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 5 | #4,108 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 5 | #4,040 | |
| 1911 | under 5 | 6 | #1,580 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #966 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dabney a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 623 Americans recorded as Dabney, 63% are girls and 37% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dabney: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dabney, and how old are they?
An estimated 444 Americans named Dabney and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 31 and 64. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 654 people named Dabney (455 women and girls, 199 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 465 born in the U.S. The Census count is 41% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Dabney and names like it
- The most given names of the 1970sDabney peaked in 1973.
- Virginia’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dabney since 1910.
- The top names of 1973The year the most babies were named Dabney.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Dabney alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with DMost given first.