Dagny — #6385 US girls' name
1,680 babies named Dagny in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 64% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Dagny was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Dagny in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dagny
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,680 babies named Dagny between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dagny currently holds the #6385 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 81 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dagny performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 516 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Dagny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Dagny in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dagny in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,680 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dagny at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dagny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1893
- Peak year (2013)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
Currently ranks #6385 among girls.
1,680 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 81 births in a single year.
Dagny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 516 births that decade — 31% of Dagny's all-time total
Dagny decade highlights
- Peak decade 516 births
- Runner-up 260 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dagny's strongest decade
516 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Dagny by state
Where Dagny concentrates geographically — total births since 1893
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 94 | 5.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 35 | 2.1% |
| #3 | North Dakota | | 20 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 19 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Utah | | 6 | 0.4% |
94 of 1,680 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.6% of nationwide
- Texas 2.1% of nationwide
- North Dakota 1.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 1.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 13 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Dagny appears in 13 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1893–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.