girls:
111 births since 1954
#5605 (2nd percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1946
#3259 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1946
#6265 (19th percentile)
The name Dany is the #6,265 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,480 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 19.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,259 (28.9% percentile) for all time with 1,369 births since 1946. For girls, it ranks #5,605 (1.9% percentile) for all time with 111 births since 1954.
Dany first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for boys and 1954 for girls). Birth data for Dany is available in 74 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 15 years for girls). 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 Dany has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.5% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dany reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #866) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Dany is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #874 (4.1% percentile) with 23 births per million.
For girls, Dany reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #814) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dany".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Dany. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.2% confident that Dany is pronounced as DA-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DAY-nee, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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