Boys' name · since 1973
Dionysus
Dionysus has 99 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,452 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dionysus is the #7815 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 99 recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dionysus has been recorded 99 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #7815 nationally and more common than 44% of boys, 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 1973 to 2025.
- #17,452 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,815 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 99 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dionysus ranks #17,452 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,815 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 99 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,452 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,815 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 99
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dionysus's 99 recorded births place it above 61.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dionysus compares
99 26th 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
Dionysus's all-time total is 73% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dionysus | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 99 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Dionysus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dionysus's full recorded timeline at 2019, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dionysus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Dionysus by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Dionysus's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Dionysus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (53% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dionysus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Dionysus 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.