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
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 391since 1947
Dabney over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | — | #3,652 | 6 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 | — | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | — | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,592 | 10 | |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,588 | 11 | |
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Debuted 1947
- Peaked 1948 at #3,593 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 20.5% of all girls named Dabney (80) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2010, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 22 | #3,593 (1948) | #4,260 |
| 1950s | 46 | #4,123 (1952) | #5,077 |
| 1960s | 38 | #4,865 (1962) | #5,776 |
| 1970s | 80 | #3,971 (1973) | #5,712 |
| 1980s | 63 | #4,945 (1982) | #8,544 |
| 1990s | 56 | #6,867 (1990) | #11,076 |
| 2000s | 32 | #8,837 (2002) | #11,681 |
| 2010s | 49 | #10,148 (2015) | #13,384 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 188,656 of them was named Dabney, which outranked 40.5% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,350Wendelyn10
- #3,350Willean10
- #3,350Wilmer10
- #3,593Dabney9
- #3,593Adelfa9
- #3,593Aldora9
- #3,593Alissa9
- #3,883Aaron8
- #3,883Abbey8
- #3,883Adaline8
Tied with 289 names at #3,593; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 292,436 of them was named Dabney, which outranked 21.0% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,010Yves7
- #3,010Zacarias7
- #3,010Zeke7
- #3,316Dabney6
- #3,316Abelino6
- #3,316Acey6
- #3,316Adair6
- #3,668Abbie5
- #3,668Abbott5
- #3,668Abie5
Tied with 351 names at #3,316; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.