Girls' name · since 2021
Dandelion
Dandelion has 20 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #45,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,797 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dandelion is the #16797 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 20 recorded since 2021.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dandelion has been recorded 20 times among girls since 2021, currently ranked #16797 nationally and more common than 3% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #45,892 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,797 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 20 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dandelion ranks #45,892 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,797 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 20 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,797 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 20
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dandelion's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dandelion compares
20 8th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Dandelion's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dandelion | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dandelion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dandelion's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dandelion popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Dandelion by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Dandelion's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dandelion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dandelion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~4 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, 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 Dandelion 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.