Dabney

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #10,994
Given to girls 62.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1948 · 9 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
391
since 1947

Dabney over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201947peak #3,593, 1948peak #942, 1897girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024
2023#15,1945
2022
2021
2020
2019#15,5395
2018
2017#10,6899
2016#14,3316
2015#10,14810
2014#13,0697
2013#13,1507
2012
2011#16,7645
2010
2009#10,9946
2008
2007
2006
2005#11,8348
2004
2003
2002#8,83711
2001#11,0208
2000#15,0315
1999
1998#12,4266
1997#10,8367
1996#13,5185
1995#9,5538
1994
1993#11,7806
1992#10,4797
1991#13,1475
1990#6,86712#8,1175
1989#12,3625
1988#9,2447
1987
1986#6,15611
1985
1984#10,4225
1983#6,7059
1982#4,94514
1981#8,1287
1980#10,3925
1979#6,0565
1978#6,9488#5,7725
1977
1976#4,36314
1975#5,9849
1974#4,72012
1973#3,97115#4,5056
1972#8,2925
1971#6,0068
1970#5,4139
1969
1968#5,6427
1967#6,0426#3,9665
1966
1965#5,8176
1964
1963#6,5925#3,3187
1962#4,8658#3,0418
1961#3,6526
1960#5,6966
1959#6,2455
1958#4,5208
1957#6,0865#3,9935
1956#5,9525
1955#3,2017
1954#2,59210
1953#4,2268
1952#4,1238
1951#4,3857#2,6629
1950
1949#3,8928
1948#3,5939#3,3166
1947#5,2955
1946#3,1736
1945#2,9966
1944
1943
1942#2,9407
1941#2,6568
1940
1939
1938
1937#3,1756
1936#2,8547
1935#2,9517
1934
1933
1932#3,0927
1931#3,3906
1930
1929#3,5596
1928
1927#3,7806
1926#4,2015
1925#2,58811
1924#4,3475
1923
1922#3,0149
1921#4,3225
1920#3,8156
1919#3,3917
1918
1917#3,9815
1916#3,8975
1915
1914
1913
1912
1911#1,5376
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1898
1897#9426
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five girls were named Dabney! It came in at #5,295, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dabney
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 1948 at #3,593 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 97,214
  • Highest: 1 in 97,214 girls born in 1973 were named Dabney (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #3,593 in 1948, was only 1 in 188,656 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 20.5% of all girls named Dabney (80) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2011
  • Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s22#3,593 (1948)#4,260
1950s46#4,123 (1952)#5,077
1960s38#4,865 (1962)#5,776
1970s80#3,971 (1973)#5,712
1980s63#4,945 (1982)#8,544
1990s56#6,867 (1990)#11,076
2000s32#8,837 (2002)#11,681
2010s49#10,148 (2015)#13,384
2020s5#15,194 (2023)#15,194

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dabney in 1947

girls
#5,295
5 births · 1 in 354,553 girls

Top girls' names in 1947

  1. #1Linda99,692
  2. #2Mary71,690
  3. #3Patricia51,278
  4. #4Barbara48,800
  5. #5Sandra34,779
  6. #6Carol33,543
  7. #7Nancy32,445
  8. #8Susan31,952
  9. #9Sharon28,533
  10. #10Donna23,517
  11. #5,295Dabney5
More about 1947

girls

1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 354,553 of them was named Dabney, which outranked 13.3% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dabney
  1. #4,764Zeola6
  2. #4,764Zoa6
  3. #4,764Zoila6
  4. #5,295Dabney5
  5. #5,295Abbey5
  6. #5,295Abelina5
  7. #5,295Acquanetta5

Tied with 809 names at #5,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1946
Risers
  1. 417Michaele#1,276#859
  2. 385Carlotta#997#612
  3. 332Ricki#1,290#958
  4. 300Daria#1,220#920
  5. 290Ivy#1,087#797
Fallers
  1. 341Merlene#961#1,302
  2. 285Beatriz#985#1,270
  3. 276Ruthanne#874#1,150
  4. 253Estela#897#1,150
  5. 242Verla#885#1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1947