Dagney
Dagney is a name with a single cultural origin: Various.
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Meaning & Origin of Dagney
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dagney is a name with a single cultural origin: Various.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Dagney
Dagney first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1907, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 8 births, good for #3,512 nationwide. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Dagneys. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2020 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 57 Dagneys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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About the name Dagney
Dagney is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1907 and has accumulated 57 births in the dataset. Dagney's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #3,512. Use the chart and map above to compare Dagney's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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