Meaning not yet researched.
Dan: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 78 in 2025. Its best rank was #86 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #86 in 1881; #1,962 in 2025. About 89% of babies named Dan in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,962 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #86.
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Dan: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 78 boys in 2025. Peak: #86 in 1881 · most boys in one year: 3,696 (1960).
In 2025, 78 US boys were named Dan, making it the 1,962nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 37 places from #1,925 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 82 boys named Dan in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #86, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,696, in 1960. For comparison, it was #1,706 in 2015 and #129 in 1950.
In 2025, 10 US girls were named Dan, making it the 9,603rd most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #2,020, reached in 1906. The most girls given the name in a single year was 18, in 1928. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #3,474 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dan in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 140 babies with the name. In all, 107,130 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 26,081 babies named Dan.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 908 US boys were named Dan; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 103. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,898 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Dan ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,313 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Daniel (1,991,091 babies since 1880), Dana (246,842 babies since 1880), Dane (33,979 babies since 1880) and Dani (11,424 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Daun, Dayon and Dayan are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Danny.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Daun (805), Dayon (759), Dayan (746), Danne (654), Daine (601), Daune (282), Daion (247), Danh (216), Dayn (69), Daian (40), Daeon (25), Dahn (21), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Dan is listed as a nickname for Daniel, Sheridan.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 5 | #1,313 | — |
| California | 10 | #1,615 | #1,658 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,338 | #1,304 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,603 | 78 | #1,962 |
| 2024 | — | — | 82 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,747 | 100 | #1,698 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,582 | 88 | #1,830 |
| 2021 | — | — | 78 | #1,934 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,454 | 86 | #1,769 |
| 2019 | — | — | 103 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | — | — | 97 | #1,659 |
| 2017 | — | — | 96 | #1,650 |
| 2016 | — | — | 100 | #1,610 |
| 2015 | — | — | 91 | #1,706 |
| 2014 | — | — | 102 | #1,559 |
| 2013 | — | — | 88 | #1,687 |
| 2012 | — | — | 107 | #1,501 |
| 2011 | — | — | 108 | #1,498 |
| 2010 | — | — | 116 | #1,428 |
| 2009 | — | — | 117 | #1,434 |
| 2008 | — | — | 136 | #1,276 |
| 2007 | — | — | 150 | #1,179 |
| 2006 | — | — | 136 | #1,230 |
| 2005 | — | — | 157 | #1,055 |
| 2004 | 7 | #13,092 | 139 | #1,134 |
| 2003 | 5 | #16,357 | 146 | #1,061 |
| 2002 | — | — | 153 | #1,012 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,367 | 143 | #1,030 |
| 2000 | — | — | 163 | #933 |
| 1999 | — | — | 139 | #1,009 |
| 1998 | — | — | 150 | #939 |
| 1997 | — | — | 165 | #857 |
| 1996 | — | — | 176 | #817 |
| 1995 | — | — | 171 | #820 |
| 1994 | — | — | 178 | #793 |
| 1993 | — | — | 208 | #716 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,684 | 209 | #711 |
| 1991 | — | — | 230 | #669 |
| 1990 | — | — | 234 | #658 |
| 1989 | 6 | #11,159 | 240 | #646 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,244 | 250 | #586 |
| 1987 | — | — | 231 | #599 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,913 | 268 | #545 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,549 | 264 | #537 |
| 1984 | — | — | 265 | #525 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,448 | 280 | #500 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,631 | 313 | #482 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,921 | 362 | #435 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,350 | 335 | #461 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,240 | 329 | #447 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,635 | 343 | #429 |
| 1977 | — | — | 378 | #402 |
| 1976 | — | — | 400 | #384 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,377 | 448 | #369 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,901 | 479 | #351 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,699 | 573 | #305 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,483 | 677 | #281 |
| 1971 | 7 | #6,744 | 902 | #250 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,928 | 1,021 | #232 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,550 | 1,159 | #212 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,850 | 1,271 | #191 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,995 | 1,329 | #184 |
| 1966 | — | — | 1,538 | #174 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,941 | 1,992 | #155 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,144 | 2,370 | #139 |
| 1963 | — | — | 2,823 | #124 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,995 | 3,117 | #120 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,748 | 3,414 | #115 |
| 1960 | — | — | 3,696 | #111 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,705 | 3,675 | #110 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,986 | 3,692 | #109 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,608 | 3,194 | #121 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,132 | 2,437 | #133 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,832 | 2,304 | #136 |
| 1954 | 7 | #4,756 | 2,154 | #139 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,167 | 2,165 | #139 |
| 1952 | — | — | 2,311 | #129 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,097 | 1,992 | #136 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,474 | 2,085 | #129 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,040 | 2,279 | #125 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,278 | 2,495 | #113 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,772 | 2,702 | #109 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,066 | 2,194 | #116 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,126 | 1,726 | #127 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,698 | 1,488 | #144 |
| 1943 | — | — | 1,538 | #139 |
| 1942 | — | — | 1,344 | #147 |
| 1941 | — | — | 1,154 | #152 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,958 | 1,097 | #155 |
| 1939 | — | — | 996 | #161 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,526 | 1,040 | #156 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,202 | 1,033 | #149 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,724 | 965 | #155 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,972 | 1,015 | #151 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,217 | 939 | #154 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,485 | 938 | #153 |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,333 | 922 | #164 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,810 | 882 | #164 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,113 | 899 | #165 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,195 | 800 | #175 |
| 1928 | 18 | #2,032 | 908 | #164 |
| 1927 | 15 | #2,358 | 923 | #161 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,599 | 880 | #167 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,159 | 772 | #184 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,009 | 800 | #179 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,064 | 730 | #188 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,731 | 806 | #174 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,980 | 717 | #192 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,052 | 764 | #185 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,680 | 748 | #174 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,576 | 710 | #184 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,742 | 595 | #198 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,328 | 594 | #192 |
| 1915 | — | — | 578 | #192 |
| 1914 | — | — | 447 | #192 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,288 | 374 | #182 |
| 1912 | — | — | 298 | #194 |
| 1911 | — | — | 205 | #164 |
| 1910 | — | — | 188 | #164 |
| 1909 | — | — | 163 | #154 |
| 1908 | — | — | 152 | #155 |
| 1907 | — | — | 160 | #144 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,020 | 128 | #155 |
| 1905 | — | — | 152 | #140 |
| 1904 | — | — | 156 | #136 |
| 1903 | — | — | 155 | #125 |
| 1902 | — | — | 124 | #148 |
| 1901 | — | — | 117 | #140 |
| 1900 | — | — | 192 | #121 |
| 1899 | — | — | 119 | #134 |
| 1898 | — | — | 125 | #142 |
| 1897 | — | — | 115 | #140 |
| 1896 | — | — | 133 | #129 |
| 1895 | — | — | 96 | #164 |
| 1894 | — | — | 114 | #138 |
| 1893 | — | — | 143 | #115 |
| 1892 | — | — | 156 | #114 |
| 1891 | — | — | 113 | #122 |
| 1890 | — | — | 160 | #104 |
| 1889 | — | — | 116 | #119 |
| 1888 | — | — | 154 | #109 |
| 1887 | — | — | 140 | #102 |
| 1886 | — | — | 154 | #102 |
| 1885 | — | — | 129 | #108 |
| 1884 | — | — | 151 | #100 |
| 1883 | — | — | 120 | #109 |
| 1882 | — | — | 150 | #97 |
| 1881 | — | — | 148 | #86 |
| 1880 | — | — | 140 | #98 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).