Feminine dossier · first seen 2012

Daenerys

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Daenerys
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

166

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

2012Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

18.1%

2024

136

All-time

1,356

Daenerys has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 166 girls were named Daenerys.

In 2024, only 136 girls were given the name.

Down 18.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,356 Americans have been named Daenerys and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 2012.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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