Unisex name · since 1994
Daney
Daney has 77 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
77 girls have been named Daney since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daney has been recorded 77 times among girls since 1994, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2022.
- #30,018 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 77 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daney ranks #30,018 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,018 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 77
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Daney's 77 recorded births place it above 58.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Daney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daney splits its recorded history at 2012: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2022
- Peak year (1994)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Daney popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1947 (Daney as boys' name)
Daney by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (33 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Daney's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Daney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 33 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Daney's data
- Daney's decade-level peak was the 2010s (33 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1994–2022 (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 Daney 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.