girls:
391 births since 1947
#5325 (7th percentile)
boys:
232 births since 1897
#4354 (5th percentile)
overall:
623 births since 1897
#7116 (8th percentile)
The name Dabney is the #7,116 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 623 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 8.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,325 (6.8% percentile) for all time with 391 births since 1947. For boys, it ranks #4,354 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 232 births since 1897.
Dabney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for boys and 1947 for girls). Birth data for Dabney is available in 79 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (52 years for girls and 36 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dabney has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (62.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Dabney were girls. Interestingly, until around 1949, the name was more popular for boys (91.4% boys from 1897 to 1948), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (81.8% girls from 1949 to 2023).
For girls, Dabney reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #730) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dabney ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 29.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dabney reached its peak popularity in 1925, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #540) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1897, with 49 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2009.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dabney".
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