Dagny
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAG-nee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Dagny is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “new day”. In 2025 it ranked 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Dagny mean?
Old Norse: from Old Norse Dagny, from dagr and ny
“new day”
Dagny Taggart is the heroine of Ayn Rand's 1957 novel Atlas Shrugged.
Is Dagny a girl's or a boy's name?
Dagny is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dagny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Dagny, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
Half of all the girls named Dagny in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dagny in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 33 | #4,274 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 34 | #4,163 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 44 | #3,498 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,996 |
| 2015 | 47 | #3,389 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 81 | #2,279 |
| 2012 | 63 | #2,769 |
| 2011 | 55 | #3,050 |
| 2010 | 38 | #3,960 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 39 | #4,005 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,085 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,216 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,617 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,425 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,361 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 17 | #2,169 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,172 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 23 | #1,605 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 26 | #1,405 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 11 | #1,261 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 9 | #1,321 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,419 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 13 | #918 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 10 | #1,098 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Names like Dagny
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daisy, Lily, Ivy, Lucy, Ruby, Kennedy, Callie, Murphy, Sadie, Blakely, Hallie, Nova
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dagny: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dagny, updated 20 October 2026.