Dagmar
Dagmar was last recorded in 2019, when 5 babies were given it; 1,592 Americans have been recorded with it between 1883 and 2019 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dagmar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dagmar mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dagmar is “a female given name from the Germanic languages of Danish origin, in occasional use since the end of the 19th century.”
/ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dagmar?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #16,089, in 2019; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
45 babies in 1915, the peak
Dagmar peaked in 1915, when 45 girls were given it, #993 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #16,089 | under 0.01 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,054 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,793 | under 0.01 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,944 | under 0.01 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,297 | under 0.01 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,924 | under 0.01 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,424 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,990 | under 0.01 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,904 | under 0.01 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,911 | under 0.01 |
Every recorded year (108)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 10 | #8,197 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,736 | under 0.01 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,459 | under 0.01 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,976 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,804 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 5 | #11,015 | under 0.01 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,329 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,527 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 5 | #10,077 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,006 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,596 | under 0.01 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,201 | under 0.01 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,612 | under 0.01 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,468 | under 0.01 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,595 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,124 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,482 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,847 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,005 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,249 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,726 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,189 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,624 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,918 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,653 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,989 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,670 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,548 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 21 | #2,417 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,461 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,713 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,277 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,850 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,359 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,640 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,398 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,469 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,270 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,443 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,024 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,124 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,322 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,362 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,159 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,723 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,768 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 26 | #1,531 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,913 | 0.02 |
| 1927 | 26 | #1,627 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,733 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,540 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,552 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,436 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,910 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 30 | #1,520 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 31 | #1,448 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,173 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,501 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,245 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,173 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 45 | #993 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,238 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
| 1912 | 25 | #1,037 | 0.04 |
| 1911 | 25 | #855 | 0.06 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,124 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 18 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 17 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 23 | #777 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 16 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,446 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,016 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 12 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,523 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,042 | 0.04 |
| 1898 | 21 | #723 | 0.08 |
| 1897 | 16 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,452 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 24 | #626 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 13 | #862 | 0.06 |
| 1893 | 14 | #801 | 0.07 |
| 1892 | 14 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 10 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,118 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 15 | #666 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 12 | #668 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 8 | #849 | 0.06 |
| 1885 | 8 | #801 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 8 | #708 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dagmar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dagmar has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 108 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Dagmar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dagmar, and how old are they?
An estimated 512 Americans named Dagmar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (32% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 51 and 74. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 2,523 people named Dagmar (2,476 women and girls, 47 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 598 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.2 times 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).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dagmar
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dagmar and names like it
- Compare Dagmar and AlbertineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sDagmar peaked in 1915.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dagmar since 1910.
- Danish namesWiktionary’s origin for Dagmar: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Dagmar.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dagmar alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.