Boys' name · since 2021
Dame
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 32 babies named Dame, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,551 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
32 babies have been named Dame since 2021, making it today's #10551 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Dame recorded 32 times among boys since 2021, holding rank #10551 nationally today, ahead of 24% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #25,345 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,551 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 32 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dame ranks #25,345 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,551 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 32 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,551 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 32
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dame's 32 recorded births place it above 43.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dame compares
32 12th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dame's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dame | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 32 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dame's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dame's full recorded timeline at 2023, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2022, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dame popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Dame by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Dame's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dame births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dame: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2021–2025 (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 Dame 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.