Dan
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,959 for boys in 2025, 78 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 148 births
- Debut · boys
- 140 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 106,554since 1880
Dan over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #1,959 | 78 |
| 2024 | — | #1,921 | 82 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,694 | 100 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #1,826 | 88 |
| 2021 | — | #1,931 | 78 | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #1,766 | 86 |
| 2019 | — | #1,606 | 103 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,657 | 97 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,644 | 96 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,610 | 100 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,703 | 91 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,559 | 102 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,685 | 88 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,498 | 107 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,495 | 108 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,425 | 116 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,433 | 117 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,276 | 136 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,176 | 150 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,229 | 136 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,053 | 157 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,132 | 139 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #1,060 | 146 |
| 2002 | — | #1,012 | 153 | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #1,027 | 143 |
| 2000 | — | #932 | 163 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,006 | 139 | |
| 1998 | — | #939 | 150 | |
| 1997 | — | #857 | 165 | |
| 1996 | — | #817 | 176 | |
| 1995 | — | #820 | 171 | |
| 1994 | — | #792 | 178 | |
| 1993 | — | #716 | 208 | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | #709 | 209 |
| 1991 | — | #667 | 230 | |
| 1990 | — | #658 | 234 | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #645 | 240 |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #586 | 250 |
| 1987 | — | #599 | 231 | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #545 | 268 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #536 | 264 |
| 1984 | — | #525 | 265 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #500 | 280 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #482 | 313 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #435 | 362 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #461 | 335 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #447 | 329 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | #429 | 343 |
| 1977 | — | #402 | 378 | |
| 1976 | — | #384 | 400 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #369 | 448 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #350 | 479 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #305 | 573 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #281 | 677 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #250 | 902 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #232 | 1,021 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #212 | 1,159 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #191 | 1,271 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | #184 | 1,329 |
| 1966 | — | #174 | 1,538 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #155 | 1,992 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #139 | 2,370 |
| 1963 | — | #124 | 2,823 | |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #120 | 3,117 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #115 | 3,414 |
| 1960 | — | #111 | 3,696 | |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #110 | 3,675 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 | #109 | 3,692 |
| 1957 | #4,536 | 8 | #121 | 3,194 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #133 | 2,437 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #136 | 2,304 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #139 | 2,154 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #139 | 2,165 |
| 1952 | — | #129 | 2,311 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #136 | 1,992 |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #129 | 2,085 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #125 | 2,279 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | #113 | 2,495 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #109 | 2,702 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #116 | 2,194 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #127 | 1,726 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #144 | 1,488 |
| 1943 | — | #139 | 1,538 | |
| 1942 | — | #147 | 1,344 | |
| 1941 | — | #152 | 1,154 | |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | #155 | 1,097 |
| 1939 | — | #161 | 996 | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #156 | 1,040 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #149 | 1,033 |
| 1936 | #2,689 | 10 | #155 | 965 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #150 | 1,015 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #154 | 939 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #153 | 938 |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | #164 | 922 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | #164 | 882 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #165 | 899 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | #175 | 800 |
| 1928 | #2,023 | 18 | #164 | 908 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 | #161 | 923 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #167 | 880 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | #184 | 772 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 | #179 | 800 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #188 | 730 |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | #174 | 806 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #192 | 717 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #185 | 764 |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | #174 | 748 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #184 | 710 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 | #198 | 595 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | #192 | 594 |
| 1915 | — | #192 | 578 | |
| 1914 | — | #192 | 447 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #182 | 374 |
| 1912 | — | #194 | 298 | |
| 1911 | — | #164 | 205 | |
| 1910 | — | #164 | 188 | |
| 1909 | — | #153 | 163 | |
| 1908 | — | #155 | 152 | |
| 1907 | — | #144 | 160 | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | #154 | 128 |
| 1905 | — | #140 | 152 | |
| 1904 | — | #136 | 156 | |
| 1903 | — | #125 | 155 | |
| 1902 | — | #147 | 124 | |
| 1901 | — | #140 | 117 | |
| 1900 | — | #120 | 192 | |
| 1899 | — | #134 | 119 | |
| 1898 | — | #142 | 125 | |
| 1897 | — | #140 | 115 | |
| 1896 | — | #129 | 133 | |
| 1895 | — | #162 | 96 | |
| 1894 | — | #138 | 114 | |
| 1893 | — | #115 | 143 | |
| 1892 | — | #114 | 156 | |
| 1891 | — | #122 | 113 | |
| 1890 | — | #104 | 160 | |
| 1889 | — | #119 | 116 | |
| 1888 | — | #109 | 154 | |
| 1887 | — | #102 | 140 | |
| 1886 | — | #102 | 154 | |
| 1885 | — | #108 | 129 | |
| 1884 | — | #100 | 151 | |
| 1883 | — | #108 | 120 | |
| 1882 | — | #97 | 150 | |
| 1881 | — | #86 | 148 | |
| 1880 | — | #97 | 140 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dan was already there! It came in at #97, and was given to 140 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2009–2025, when fewer than 120 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dan
- 38 spots since 2024 (#1,921 → #1,959)
- 193 spots since 2020 (#1,766 → #1,959)
- 256 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #1,959)
- Biggest jump: 74 spots in 2000 (#1,006 → #932)
- Biggest drop: 95 spots in 2001 (#932 → #1,027)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #86 (148 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1880–1882
- Top 1,000: 120 yrs · run 1880–1998
- Highest: 1 in 575 boys born in 1958 were named Dan (0.17%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,898 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #86 in 1881, was only 1 in 681 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 24.4% of all boys named Dan (26,009) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,402 | #86 (1881) | #103 |
| 1890s | 1,274 | #104 (1890) | #130 |
| 1900s | 1,499 | #120 (1900) | #141 |
| 1910s | 4,737 | #164 (1911) | #184 |
| 1920s | 8,100 | #161 (1927) | #177 |
| 1930s | 9,629 | #149 (1937) | #157 |
| 1940s | 18,017 | #109 (1947) | #133 |
| 1950s | 26,009 | #109 (1958) | #128 |
| 1960s | 22,709 | #111 (1960) | #153 |
| 1970s | 5,550 | #232 (1970) | #345 |
| 1980s | 2,808 | #435 (1981) | #531 |
| 1990s | 1,860 | #658 (1990) | #798 |
| 2000s | 1,440 | #932 (2000) | #1,133 |
| 2010s | 1,008 | #1,425 (2010) | #1,588 |
| 2020s | 512 | #1,694 (2023) | #1,850 |
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.
Dan in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 144,704 of them was named Dan, which outranked 37.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,244Zara9
- #3,244Zennie9
- #3,244Zilphia9
- #3,512Dan8
- #3,512Adalyn8
- #3,512Akiko8
- #3,512Alaine8
- #3,869Aaron7
- #3,869Adrianna7
- #3,869Aileene7
Tied with 356 names at #3,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 1,427 of them was named Dan, which outranked 96.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.