Dagny
Dagny was given to 24 girls in 2025, #5,278 among girls’ names; 1,704 Americans have been recorded with it since 1893 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,250 Americans named Dagny and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 9 and 26.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dagny by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dagny mean?
Wiktionary, Swedish section
Dagny is “a female given name from Old Norse”
From Old Norse Dagný.
Meaning: Wiktionary, Swedish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dagny?
#5,278 among girls’ names, 2025
Dagny fell from #3,399 in 2015 to #5,278 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 26.3 to 14.9 per million.
81 babies in 2013, the peak
Dagny peaked in 2013, when 81 girls were given it, #2,289 among girls’ names. The 24 births of 2025 are 30% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,278 | 14.9 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,454 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,296 | 20.6 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,130 | 21.3 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,177 | 20.7 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,852 | 22.9 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,512 | 26.2 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,302 | 28.2 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,354 | 27.2 |
| 2016 | 37 | #4,016 | 20.9 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | #3,399 | 26.3 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,012 | 31.3 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,289 | 46.2 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,777 | 35.8 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,060 | 31.3 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,975 | 21.4 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,688 | 23.4 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,025 | 20.6 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,269 | 14.0 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,119 | 14.2 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,730 | 15.2 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,851 | 9.3 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,117 | 13.1 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,454 | 9.5 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,623 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,994 | 9.9 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,567 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,385 | 4.0 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,499 | 5.7 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,290 | 5.7 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,261 | 10.2 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,987 | 5.0 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,198 | 5.5 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,897 | 4.9 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,631 | 2.7 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,728 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,145 | 3.3 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,556 | 4.5 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,977 | 4.0 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,731 | 4.1 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,563 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,385 | 3.6 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,624 | 4.7 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,365 | 3.6 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,343 | 4.2 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,233 | 3.7 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,082 | 5.2 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,453 | 4.8 |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,202 | 4.1 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,430 | 6.8 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,805 | 4.8 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,738 | 4.2 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,924 | 4.6 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,683 | 3.0 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,341 | 9.8 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,072 | 4.8 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,250 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,586 | 3.7 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,412 | 3.6 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,322 | 5.1 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,400 | 3.5 |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,719 | 2.7 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,574 | 2.8 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,780 | 3.5 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,285 | 4.3 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,850 | 5.5 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,451 | 4.5 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,381 | 4.7 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,783 | 5.8 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,451 | 11.3 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,730 | 6.2 |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,224 | 7.8 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,900 | 9.2 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,088 | 8.4 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,423 | 7.4 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,454 | 7.2 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,193 | 14.1 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,432 | 7.5 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,530 | 11.4 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,187 | 14.2 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,285 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,898 | 17.3 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,613 | 21.3 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,493 | 23.9 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,416 | 26.4 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,927 | 17.1 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,317 | 30.4 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,432 | 26.9 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,564 | 23.9 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,495 | 12.6 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,282 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,278 | 32.9 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,222 | 34.5 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,348 | 30.5 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,447 | 27.4 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,949 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,470 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,239 | 34.1 |
| 1901 | 13 | #925 | 54.3 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,180 | 36.7 |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,116 | 38.6 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,186 | 34.2 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,316 | 29.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,479 | 23.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Dagny a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Dagny has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 104 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Dagny: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dagny, and how old are they?
1,250 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 1,704 Americans ever recorded as Dagny. The median Dagny alive today is 15 years old; half are between 9 and 26.
The 2020 Census counted 1,234 people named Dagny (1,218 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,101 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% 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.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 12 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 38 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 97 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 118 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 444 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 538 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 1,761 babies since 1880, Dagny is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 24 of their 24 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Dagny and names like it
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