Dagan

Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
2003 · 58 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,077
since 1969

Dagan over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dagan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #1,987, 2003boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#12,3495
2023#8,9218
2022
2021#8,8258
2020#6,29613
2019#12,1455
2018#6,70312
2017#7,54610
2016#5,31817
2015#6,32413
2014#5,25217
2013#5,92314
2012#4,39022
2011#3,36432
2010#4,84819
2009#3,39932
2008#2,71745
2007#2,33755
2006#2,34853
2005#2,18255
2004#2,19353
2003#15,7845#1,98758
2002#2,15549
2001#2,52038
2000#15,0315#2,57836
1999#2,79530
1998#2,45035
1997#2,82327
1996#2,83826
1995#3,55918
1994#3,75117
1993#3,36819
1992#4,32713
1991#3,22419
1990#4,67311
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1987#3,95911
1986#5,9266
1985#3,21614
1984#3,45912
1983#3,63011
1982#4,2349
1981#3,41212
1980#3,83810
1979#2,56818
1978#2,92914
1977#3,20312
1976#2,94613
1975#3,9418
1974#2,45916
1973#4,0547
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1971#3,3709
1970#4,2306
1969#4,4045
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First appearance
1969

The first year at least five boys were named Dagan! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1972, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Dagan
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1969
  • Peaked 2003 at #1,987 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 34,058
  • Highest: 1 in 34,058 boys born in 2003 were named Dagan (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 44.0% of all boys named Dagan (474) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s5#4,404 (1969)#4,404
1970s103#2,459 (1974)#3,300
1980s85#3,216 (1985)#3,959
1990s215#2,450 (1998)#3,381
2000s474#1,987 (2003)#2,442
2010s161#3,364 (2011)#6,181
2020s34#6,296 (2020)#9,098

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dagan in 2003

girls
#15,784
5 births · 1 in 365,429 girls
boys
#1,987
58 births · 1 in 34,058 boys

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #15,784Dagan5

Top boys' names in 2003

  1. #1Jacob29,658
  2. #2Michael27,129
  3. #3Joshua25,106
  4. #4Matthew24,011
  5. #5Andrew22,162
  6. #6Joseph21,394
  7. #7Ethan21,362
  8. #8Daniel21,072
  9. #9Christopher20,753
  10. #10Anthony20,149
  11. #1,987Dagan58
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 365,429 of them was named Dagan, which outranked 14.4% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dagan
  1. #13,844Zyashia6
  2. #13,844Zyia6
  3. #13,844Zyriah6
  4. #15,784Dagan5
  5. #15,784Aadya5
  6. #15,784Aalaiyah5
  7. #15,784Aalayna5

Tied with 2,655 names at #15,784; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 1,689Laci#2,126#437
  2. 1,528Karyme#2,467#939
  3. 1,500Roselyn#2,467#967
  4. 1,326Kaydence#2,310#984
  5. 1,170Sherlyn#2,081#911
Fallers
  1. 481Odalys#951#1,432
  2. 400Kari#975#1,375
  3. 334Litzy#501#835
  4. 289Alysha#960#1,249
  5. 252Roxana#861#1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 34,058 of them was named Dagan, which outranked 84.4% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dagan
  1. #1,962Wilbert59
  2. #1,962Willard59
  3. #1,962Zuriel59
  4. #1,987Dagan58
  5. #1,987Abdulrahman58
  6. #1,987Baltazar58
  7. #1,987Benedict58
  8. #2,006Abe57
  9. #2,006Aharon57
  10. #2,006Aj57

Tied with 18 names at #1,987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. 790Maddox#1,372#582
  2. 762Jahir#1,571#809
  3. 519Yair#1,236#717
  4. 450Jamarion#1,094#644
  5. 413Aydan#1,154#741
Fallers
  1. 819Lisandro#898#1,717
  2. 621Shemar#970#1,591
  3. 362Jaheem#891#1,253
  4. 337Keandre#998#1,335
  5. 334Savion#568#902

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003