Dany — #4324 US boys' name
1,394 babies named Dany in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Dany was born in this single decade.
46 babies were named Dany in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dany
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,394 babies named Dany between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dany currently holds the #4324 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 46 babies received it in a single year. Dany is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 111 additional births since 1954.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dany performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 327 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dany shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Dany in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dany 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 1,394 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.
Dany at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Dany popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (2008)
- 46
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #4324 among boys.
1,394 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 46 births in a single year.
Dany popularity over time — girls
111 total births recorded since 1954 (Dany as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dany accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dany by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 327 births that decade — 23% of Dany's all-time total
Dany decade highlights
- Peak decade 327 births
- Runner-up 312 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Dany's strongest decade
327 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Dany by state
Where Dany concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 120 | 8.6% |
| #2 | Florida | | 64 | 4.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 41 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 21 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.4% |
120 of 1,394 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.6% of nationwide
- Florida 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 1.5% of nationwide
- Virginia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1946–2024 (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.