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Daenerys

#1,760 in 2025Girls' name

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

Daenerys has been given to 1,477 babies in the U.S. since 2012. In 2025 it ranked #1,760 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 166 recorded.

Babies named Daenerys, 2025

1 in 28,800

Daenerys over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Daenerys: meaning, origin, and history

Modern coinage; no established literal translation

coinages

What Daenerys means

Daenerys is a modern given name.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Coined by American writer and television producer George R. R. Martin. From the name of a character in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels; popularised by the later television adaptation Game of Thrones. Borrowed from High Valyrian Daenerys.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Daenerys (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Daenerys is used in English. Its origins include coinages.

Daenerys is a modern formation.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Daenerys is pronounced /deɪˈnɛɹɪs/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,472 girls were recorded with the name Daenerys between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 166 in 2018; its best national rank was #1,361 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,139 in 2020 to #1,760 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,283 in 2015 to #1,760 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Daenerys between 2019 and 2019. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2019; its best national rank was #12,547 in 2019.

How common is Daenerys?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 28,800
115 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,760
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,983 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Daenerys sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,983 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Daenerys. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Daeneryss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Daenerys was born before 2019 — so the typical Daenerys is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
53.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,472
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 53.0% of all recorded uses (780).

Is Daenerys rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−201
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+379
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+523
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.40×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
69.3%
Peak was 2018 (166)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
35.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,361
2018

Where Daenerys is used

Across 2016–2025, Daenerys was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 12,895 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in 50,000).

213 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 7,692
  2. 2Texas1 in 9,091
  3. 3New Jersey1 in 10,000
  4. 4New York1 in 10,000
  5. 5California1 in 11,111
  6. 6Illinois1 in 14,286
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 20,000
  8. 8North Carolina1 in 25,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Daenerys around the world

Where Daenerys ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2024
    #4,844
    in 2024
  • France
    2012–2025
    #2,991
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2012–2019
    #2,373
    in 2019
  • South Australia
    2012–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Daenerys by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,760
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 379
Best rank ever
#1,361
2018
Peak year
2018
166 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,472
Count in 2025
115

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#12,547
2019
Peak year
2019
5 that year
First recorded
2019
Last recorded
2019
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Daenerys

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Daenerys

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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