Dagny vs Dagoberto
American parents have registered 1,732 Dagobertos since 1880, against 1,704 Dagnys. But in 2025 it was Dagny that was commoner, 24 babies to 7.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Dagny Dagoberto
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 117 years in which either name was published, Dagny for 61 years and Dagoberto for 56 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Dagny | Dagoberto | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 1,704 | 1,732 |
| Most in one year | 81 | 49 |
| Babies in 2025 | 24 | 7 |
| Estimated living today | 1,300 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 14 | 33 |
| Peak year | 2013 | 1993 |
| Best rank | 2,279th girls | 1,741st boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,238th | 9,714th |
| First recorded | 1893 | 1950 |
| Girls / boys | 1,704 / 0 | 0 / 1,732 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Dagobertos alive today are over 33; half the Dagnys are over 14. That is 19 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Dagny North Dakota (26.5×), California (4.2×), Texas (2.0×)
- Dagoberto Texas (7.7×), California (3.5×), New York (0.3×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Dagny and Dagoberto.