Dann

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to girls 51.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1962 · 52 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,145
since 1937

Dann over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,558, 1962peak #897, 1957girlsboys
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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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2003#10,8945
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2000#13,1546
1999#12,6886
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1997#9,2655
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1994#13,4305#8,8005
1993#8,7005
1992#9,4918#8,4355
1991#8,2365
1990#8,5019#8,1175
1989#12,3625#6,2297
1988#8,3918
1987#7,9878
1986#6,15611
1985#6,9559#4,05210
1984#4,96614
1983#5,14813#5,4846
1982#5,91111
1981#5,57112#5,4686
1980#4,32717#5,5256
1979#8,0617#3,35712
1978#6,3859
1977#4,23516
1976#4,90512#4,9356
1975#4,37014#4,7976
1974#3,21221#3,31810
1973#2,68926#3,6948
1972#3,54317#2,81912
1971#2,47730#2,05220
1970#2,24035#1,93921
1969#2,25432#2,04617
1968#1,88740#1,89418
1967#1,64048#2,47011
1966#2,05832#1,61323
1965#1,85438#1,80619
1964#1,63549#1,51027
1963#1,67247#1,58525
1962#1,55852#1,45429
1961#1,83839#1,38833
1960#1,74742#1,11549
1959#1,91834#1,19942
1958#2,11728#96961
1957#1,61245#89771
1956#1,76036#92465
1955#2,10826#95761
1954#1,98728#1,13743
1953#1,70734#1,35731
1952#2,41119#1,22736
1951#2,57716#1,29532
1950#2,34118#1,53823
1949#2,62015#1,12839
1948#2,70114#1,40027
1947#2,35418#1,59922
1946#3,03411#1,64219
1945#3,6767#1,40622
1944#2,94610#1,73816
1943#3,8017#2,27711
1942#4,1246#2,9407
1941#3,5597#3,1336
1940#3,1306
1939#3,7826#3,4805
1938#3,8476#3,1756
1937#3,8006#3,5185
1936#3,1476
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Dann! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Dann
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1962 at #1,558 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,396
  • Highest: 1 in 34,396 girls born in 1967 were named Dann (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 302,673 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,558 in 1962, was only 1 in 37,819 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Dann (419) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s18#3,782 (1939)#3,810
1940s95#2,354 (1947)#3,202
1950s284#1,612 (1957)#2,054
1960s419#1,558 (1962)#1,814
1970s187#2,240 (1970)#4,212
1980s108#4,327 (1980)#6,777
1990s28#8,501 (1990)#11,028
2000s6#13,154 (2000)#13,154

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

Dann in 1955

girls
#2,108
26 births · 1 in 75,203 girls
boys
#957
61 births · 1 in 33,769 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #2,108Dann26

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #957Dann61
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 75,203 of them was named Dann, which outranked 68.7% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dann
  1. #2,063Veta27
  2. #2,063Viva27
  3. #2,063Zena27
  4. #2,108Dann26
  5. #2,108Alexia26
  6. #2,108Annabel26
  7. #2,108Annabelle26
  8. #2,156Allen25
  9. #2,156Annamaria25
  10. #2,156Barbie25

Tied with 47 names at #2,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 793Athena#1,505#712
  2. 675Desiree#984#309
  3. 661Roni#1,197#536
  4. 630Gisele#1,444#814
  5. 593Carmel#1,422#829
Fallers
  1. 514Valinda#806#1,320
  2. 378Elouise#969#1,347
  3. 287Veda#831#1,118
  4. 275Drema#978#1,253
  5. 264Brooke#965#1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 33,769 of them was named Dann, which outranked 78.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dann
  1. #949Giles62
  2. #949Jude62
  3. #949Randolf62
  4. #957Dann61
  5. #957Arden61
  6. #957Daryle61
  7. #957Gavin61
  8. #971Abe60
  9. #971Allyn60
  10. #971Clarke60

Tied with 13 names at #957; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. 808Davy#1,333#525
  2. 326Wyatt#985#659
  3. 323Moises#1,311#988
  4. 296Tad#1,068#772
  5. 286Rhett#1,122#836
Fallers
  1. 738Rahn#908#1,646
  2. 415Ricci#739#1,154
  3. 321Meredith#952#1,273
  4. 309Michial#985#1,294
  5. 282Arvin#973#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955