Boys' name · since 2005
Daddy
Daddy has 21 recorded births since 2005 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,555 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daddy sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 21 recorded since 2005.
Daddy has 21 recorded births among boys since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2006.
- #28,555 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 2005
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daddy ranks #28,555 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 2005, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,555 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 2005
- 2000s
- peak decade
Daddy's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daddy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Daddy's full recorded timeline at 2006, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Daddy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2006
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Daddy by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Daddy's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Daddy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Daddy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~1 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2006 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daddy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.