Daenerys Girl

How popular is Daenerys?

#1,758 girl name in 2025

115 baby girls were named Daenerys in the US in 2025, making it the 1758th most popular girl name.

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1,471living people named Daenerys (est.)
7median age of people named Daenerys
1,477babies named Daenerys since 1880
1 in 28,829US babies born in 2025

Daenerys popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#1,758 for girls (▼ 199 from 2024)
Babies in 2025115 girls
10-year trendRising (+40% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,278 in 2015, #2,135 in 2020
Peak year2018 (166 girls)
Highest rank#1,360 in 2018
First recorded2012
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Daenerys is most popular

Babies named Daenerys per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (62 girls)
  2. New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
  3. Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (94 girls)
  4. California: 0.1 per 1,000 (86 girls)
  5. Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)

Daenerys by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
2010s780#1,360
2020s692#1,559

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Questions

Is Daenerys a boy or girl name?
Daenerys is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Daenerys were girls.
How popular is the name Daenerys?
115 baby girls were named Daenerys in the US in 2025, making it the 1758th most popular girl name.
When was Daenerys most popular?
Daenerys peaked in 2018, when 166 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,360 in 2018.
How many people are named Daenerys?
1,477 babies have been named Daenerys in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,471 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
Where is Daenerys most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Daenerys was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.