Names / Boy names
Dandy
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#2,560
in 1959
First recorded
1949
in U.S. data
Children named
105
since 1949
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,560 in 1959 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Dandy makes its debut in American naming records in 1949, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 105 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.