Dandy — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dandy

The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Dandy between 1949 and 2014, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dandy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Dandy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1975.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dandy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dandy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dandy 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 100 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.