Girls' name · since 1945
Dyna
246 babies named Dyna in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 246
- born since 1945
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dyna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 246 recorded since 1945.
Dyna has 246 recorded births among girls since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2024.
- #17,738 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 246 born since 1945
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dyna ranks #17,738 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 246 born since 1945, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,738 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 246
- born since 1945
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dyna's 246 recorded births place it above 75.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dyna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dyna's full recorded timeline at 1995, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1945, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dyna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2024
- Peak year (1967)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Dyna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (47 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Dyna's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Dyna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s
1960s
37 births
- 1970s
1970s
29 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
- 1990s
1990s
38 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 47 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Dyna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (47 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dyna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1945–2024 (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 Dyna 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.