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Dany

#3,256 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Diminutive of Daniel

Dany has been given to 1,541 babies in the U.S. since 1946. In 2025 it ranked #3,256 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 46 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Dany, 2025

1 in 92,100

Dany over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dany over time

In 2025, Dany went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19462025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dany: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Daniel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dany means

Dany is a diminutive of Daniel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

Dany is a diminutive of Daniel. Daniel has more than one origin or interpretation.

Origin, language, and formation

Dany is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Daniel, Danny, Dani and Danielle.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Dany is pronounced /da.ni/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,430 boys were recorded with the name Dany between 1946 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,975 in 1954.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,084 in 2020 to #3,256 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,532 in 2015 to #3,256 in 2025.

In the United States, 111 girls were recorded with the name Dany between 1954 and 1996. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1987; its best national rank was #4,356 in 1954.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dany?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 92,100
36 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 47,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,256
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
63,832 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dany sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 63,832 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dany. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Danys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dany was born before 2005 — so the typical Dany is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
22.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
58.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,414
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 22.9% of all recorded uses (327).

Is Dany 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
+1,086
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−172
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+276
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.16×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
78.3%
Peak was 2008 (46)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,975
1954

Spellings of Dany

Dany is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 21.8% against Dany's 0.03%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dany is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Dany was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 242,367 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Kentucky1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5New Jersey1 in —
  6. 6New York1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —
  8. 8Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Dany has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Dany is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dany was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,067,518 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

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. Dany has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dany around the world

Where Dany 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
    2005–2022
    #4,790
    in 2022
  • France
    1925–2025
    #891
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1970–1996
    #540
    in 1996

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.

Dany by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,256
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 172
Best rank ever
#1,975
1954
Peak year
2008
46 that year
First recorded
1946
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,430
Count in 2025
36

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,356
1954
Peak year
1987
14 that year
First recorded
1954
Last recorded
1996
All-time count
111
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dany

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

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Sibling names for Dany

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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