# Dagmar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dagmar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdæɡmɑː(ɹ)/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,592 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,592 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 6 | 9,809 |
| 1987 | 7 | 8,981 |
| 1990 | 7 | 10,465 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,743 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,203 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,917 |
| 1995 | 5 | 13,909 |
| 1996 | 5 | 13,997 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,429 |
| 1999 | 5 | 14,933 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,304 |
| 2007 | 6 | 15,950 |
| 2010 | 7 | 13,799 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,060 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,095 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Да́гмар
- Czech: Dagmar
- Danish: Dagmar
- Finnish: Taru
- Latvian: Dagmāra
- Polish: Dagmara
- Portuguese: Dagmar

## People named Dagmar

- Maria Feodorovna (Dagmar of Denmark), Empress consort of Russia (1847–1928)
- Princess Dagmar of Denmark, Danish princess (1890-1961); daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark and Louise of Sweden
- Dagmar Neubauer, East German sprinter
- Dagmar Lassander, German actress
- Dagmar Käsling, East German sprinter
- Dagmar Havlová, Czech actress (1953- )
- Dagmar Rom, alpine skier (1928–2022)
- Dagmar Overby, Danish serial child killer (1887–1929)
- Dagmar Manzel, German actress
- Dagmar Kersten, East German gymnast
- Dagmar Lurz, German figure skater
- Dagmar Švubová, Czechoslovak cross-country skier

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.