Disney — #13997 US girls' name
157 babies named Disney in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 21% of names given to girls today.
32% of everyone ever named Disney was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Disney in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Disney
The Social Security Administration has registered 157 babies named Disney between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Disney currently holds the #13997 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Disney performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Disney shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Disney 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 157 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.
Disney at a glance
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Current rank
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Disney popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2009)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #13997 among girls.
157 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 12 births in a single year.
Disney popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1993 (Disney as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Disney accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Disney by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 51 births that decade — 32% of Disney's all-time total
Disney decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Disney's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.