How Many People Are Named Dagny?

1,251

people named Dagny are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 273,209 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,704 babies named Dagny in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,153

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,121

See the top 100

Peak Year

2013

81 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Pronunciation: DAHNG-nuy (Swedish)
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the Old Norse name Dagný, which was derived from the elements dagr "day" and ný "new".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Dagny in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Dagny alive today is about 20 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 25 in 2025.

Under 30 991
79.2%
30 to 59 197
15.7%
60 and over 63
5%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Dagny first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 2013, to 81 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Dagny has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #925, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #5,278.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,278
Best rank#925 (1901)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,203 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Dagny alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Dagny were born in California than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dagny was given about 3.6 times as often in California.

California 93
Texas 35
Illinois 10
Utah 6
Florida 6
Arizona 5
New York 5
North Carolina 5
Colorado 5
Washington 5

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