How rare is the name Dany?

4,158 people in the United States have the first name Dany, about 1 in 72,639. It ranks #4,473 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

DANY

#4,473

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,158
About
1 in 72,639
This common or more
84.1%
Who bears it

Of the 4,158 people named Dany, 57.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 23.7% as White and 11.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 79.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Dany peaked in 2008, when 46 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19462025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
46
In 2025*
36 ▼22%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,541 babies have been given the name since 1946. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Dany by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #6,253. The largest share of babies named Dany, 32.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1940s#9,86816
1950s#6,25388
1960s#7,35679
1970s#9,27382
1980s#6,683185
1990s#7,108240
2000s#7,167327
2010s#7,778312
2020s#7,111212
Baby boom 1946–6410.4%
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–9621.7%
Generation Z 1997–1232.4%
2013 and later27.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dany, most common first.

Also a last name

As a last name, Dany ranks #114,613 of 156,621, with 162 people. See Dany as a last name

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