Dansby
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DANZ-bee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Dansby is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Dansby mean?
English: English surname, perhaps from a Danby place name
Best known through American baseball shortstop Dansby Swanson.
Is Dansby a girl's or a boy's name?
Dansby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dansby in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Dansby, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Dansby in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dansby in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
Names like Dansby
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dutton Navy Chozen Sevyn Legacy Huxley Wylder Ledger Legend Bellamy Deacon Shepherd
More English names
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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, “Dansby: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dansby, updated 20 October 2026.