How Many People Are Named Dagmar?
people named Dagmar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 653,508 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,592 babies named Dagmar in Social Security records from 1883 to 2019, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
45 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the Old Norse name Dagmær, derived from the elements dagr "day" and mær "maid". This was the name adopted by the popular Bohemian wife of the Danish king Valdemar II when they married in 1205. Her birth name was Markéta.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dagmar in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dagmar alive today is about 61 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dagmar first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1915, to 45 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2019.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2019
🏆 Rank History
Dagmar has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #626, in 1895.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #626 (1895) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,214 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dagmar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dagmar were born in New York than in any other state: about 28 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dagmar was given about 4.2 times as often in New York.
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