Daenerys
Daenerys was the 1760th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1361st with 166 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 523 places. More babies were named Daenerys in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,760 girls, up 379 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 115girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018166 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,477babies recorded
Daenerys popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2019.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #1,760 | 115 |
| 2020 | #2,139 | 85 |
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How popular is Daenerys, counting every spelling?
Daenerys has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,590 for girls in 2025, against #1,760 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Daenerys?
115 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Daenerys (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Daenerys born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 73 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Daenerys.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Daenerys?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Daenerys are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 9. That makes Daenerys a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Daenerys by state
How common Daenerys was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (1.9×), New Jersey (1.7×), Texas (1.6×). In 41 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Daenerys
How popular is the name Daenerys?
Daenerys was the 1760th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 115 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 1361st with 166 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 523 places. More babies were named Daenerys in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Daenerys a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Daenerys in the US.
Where is Daenerys most popular?
In 2021–2025, Daenerys was most common in Florida (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and Texas.