Name Legacy

Daenerys

Recorded 2012–2025 · United States

Daenerys was most popular in 2018, when 166 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,478 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,217, with 115 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,477 people named Daenerys.

Most popular in2018
Rank that year#2,478
Births that year166
Total since 18801,477
Given to100% girls

Daenerys over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Daenerys’s peak in 2018. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Daenerys a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Daenerys is a girl’s name — 99.7% of the 1,477 Americans given it were girls and 0.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Daenerys

Where Daenerys is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org