Dai**
#11,397 most common boys' name of all time · #29,107 across all names · 58% male / 42% female · used 1976–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#11,397
Rank overall
#29,107 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
212
Since 2016
26
Peak year
2000 #8,562
Best rank
#3,777 1985
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Dai first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2020 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2018 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2017 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2015 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,886 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2010 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,726 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2005 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #8,650 |
| 2000 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #8,562 |
| 1999 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,198 |
| 1996 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #9,570 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,261 |
| 1993 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,235 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,427 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,754 |
| 1987 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,609 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,766 |
| 1985 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,777 |
| 1983 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,831 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,170 |
| 1981 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,893 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,633 |
| 1976 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,310 |