Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dain

#3,143 most common boys' name of all time · #7,620 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1943–2025

Rank among boys
#3,143
Rank overall
#7,620 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
1,997
Since 2016
136
Peak year
1978 #1,116
Best rank
#1,116 1978
Girls Boys peak 62/yr
1960198020002020

Dain first appears in 1943. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 14 14 #6,199
2024 — 18 18 #5,279
2023 — 12 12 #6,968
2022 — 13 13 #6,540
2021 — 13 13 #6,403
2020 — 5 5 #12,289
2019 — 13 13 #6,476
2018 — 20 20 #4,786
2017 — 16 16 #5,582
2016 — 12 12 #6,797
2015 — 18 18 #5,116
2014 — 14 14 #6,056
2013 — 21 21 #4,500
2012 — 11 11 #7,130
2011 — 18 18 #5,033
2010 — 25 25 #4,022
2009 — 16 16 #5,595
2008 — 31 31 #3,501
2007 — 29 29 #3,610
2006 — 27 27 #3,716
2005 — 32 32 #3,191
2004 — 37 37 #2,805
2003 — 40 40 #2,556
2002 — 24 24 #3,582
2001 — 46 46 #2,224
2000 — 48 48 #2,104
1999 — 29 29 #2,897
1998 — 30 30 #2,740
1997 — 33 33 #2,472
1996 — 32 32 #2,460
1995 — 32 32 #2,418
1994 — 35 35 #2,276
1993 — 36 36 #2,181
1992 — 30 30 #2,433
1991 — 35 35 #2,118
1990 — 56 56 #1,524
1989 — 51 51 #1,577
1988 — 48 48 #1,541
1987 — 43 43 #1,622
1986 — 59 59 #1,267
1985 — 57 57 #1,278
1984 — 52 52 #1,289
1983 — 43 43 #1,461
1982 — 45 45 #1,431
1981 — 27 27 #2,020
1980 — 30 30 #1,892
1979 — 48 48 #1,347
1978 — 62 62 #1,116
1977 — 24 24 #2,046
1976 — 22 22 #2,154
1975 — 26 26 #1,868
1974 — 20 20 #2,172
1973 — 36 36 #1,425
1972 — 25 25 #1,804
1971 — 31 31 #1,591
1970 — 37 37 #1,391
1969 — 25 25 #1,674
1968 — 27 27 #1,542
1967 — 19 19 #1,848
1966 — 10 10 #2,741
1965 — 13 13 #2,352
1964 — 10 10 #2,805
1963 — 13 13 #2,392
1962 — 11 11 #2,650
1961 — 17 17 #2,060
1960 — 10 10 #2,836
1959 — 9 9 #2,989
1958 — 8 8 #3,236
1957 — 10 10 #2,793
1956 — 10 10 #2,781
1954 — 23 23 #1,625
1953 — 5 5 #4,238
1952 — 16 16 #2,004
1951 — 6 6 #3,678
1950 — 7 7 #3,306
1949 — 10 10 #2,599
1948 — 9 9 #2,783
1947 — 5 5 #4,210
1946 — 12 12 #2,270
1943 — 5 5 #4,016