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.

Dan

#302 most common boys' name of all time · #663 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#302
Rank overall
#663 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
107,130
Since 2016
939
Peak year
1958 #109
Best rank
#87 1881
Girls Boys peak 3,702/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Dan is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 78 88 #1,959
2024 82 82 #1,922
2023 5 100 105 #1,694
2022 9 88 97 #1,826
2021 78 78 #1,931
2020 7 86 93 #1,766
2019 103 103 #1,606
2018 97 97 #1,657
2017 96 96 #1,645
2016 100 100 #1,610
2015 91 91 #1,704
2014 102 102 #1,559
2013 88 88 #1,685
2012 107 107 #1,499
2011 108 108 #1,495
2010 116 116 #1,425
2009 117 117 #1,433
2008 136 136 #1,277
2007 150 150 #1,176
2006 136 136 #1,229
2005 157 157 #1,053
2004 7 139 146 #1,133
2003 5 146 151 #1,060
2002 153 153 #1,012
2001 7 143 150 #1,027
2000 163 163 #933
1999 139 139 #1,006
1998 150 150 #939
1997 165 165 #857
1996 176 176 #817
1995 171 171 #820
1994 178 178 #792
1993 208 208 #716
1992 8 209 217 #709
1991 230 230 #667
1990 234 234 #658
1989 6 240 246 #645
1988 10 250 260 #586
1987 231 231 #599
1986 8 268 276 #545
1985 7 264 271 #537
1984 265 265 #525
1983 8 280 288 #501
1982 8 313 321 #483
1981 9 362 371 #435
1980 7 335 342 #461
1979 6 329 335 #447
1978 11 343 354 #429
1977 378 378 #402
1976 400 400 #384
1975 5 448 453 #369
1974 6 479 485 #350
1973 5 573 578 #305
1972 6 677 683 #281
1971 7 902 909 #250
1970 8 1,021 1,029 #232
1969 8 1,159 1,167 #212
1968 9 1,271 1,280 #191
1967 5 1,329 1,334 #184
1966 1,538 1,538 #174
1965 6 1,992 1,998 #155
1964 6 2,370 2,376 #139
1963 2,823 2,823 #124
1962 6 3,117 3,123 #120
1961 5 3,414 3,419 #115
1960 3,696 3,696 #111
1959 8 3,675 3,683 #110
1958 10 3,692 3,702 #109
1957 8 3,194 3,202 #121
1956 5 2,437 2,442 #133
1955 10 2,304 2,314 #136
1954 7 2,154 2,161 #139
1953 6 2,165 2,171 #139
1952 2,311 2,311 #129
1951 8 1,992 2,000 #136
1950 10 2,085 2,095 #129
1949 12 2,279 2,291 #125
1948 7 2,495 2,502 #113
1947 9 2,702 2,711 #109
1946 11 2,194 2,205 #116
1945 6 1,726 1,732 #127
1944 5 1,488 1,493 #144
1943 1,538 1,538 #139
1942 1,344 1,344 #147
1941 1,154 1,154 #152
1940 6 1,097 1,103 #155
1939 996 996 #161
1938 7 1,040 1,047 #156
1937 8 1,033 1,041 #149
1936 10 965 975 #155
1935 9 1,015 1,024 #150
1934 8 939 947 #154
1933 7 938 945 #153
1932 8 922 930 #164
1931 10 882 892 #164
1930 9 899 908 #165
1929 9 800 809 #175
1928 18 908 926 #164
1927 15 923 938 #161
1926 13 880 893 #167
1925 10 772 782 #184
1924 11 800 811 #179
1923 7 730 737 #188
1922 8 806 814 #174
1921 11 717 728 #192
1920 7 764 771 #185
1919 12 748 760 #174
1918 8 710 718 #184
1917 5 595 600 #198
1916 8 594 602 #192
1915 578 578 #192
1914 447 447 #192
1913 5 374 379 #182
1912 298 298 #194
1911 205 205 #164
1910 188 188 #164
1909 163 163 #153
1908 152 152 #156
1907 160 160 #145
1906 5 128 133 #154
1905 152 152 #140
1904 156 156 #136
1903 155 155 #125
1902 124 124 #148
1901 117 117 #140
1900 192 192 #121
1899 119 119 #135
1898 125 125 #142
1897 115 115 #140
1896 133 133 #129
1895 96 96 #162
1894 114 114 #138
1893 143 143 #115
1892 156 156 #114
1891 113 113 #123
1890 160 160 #104
1889 116 116 #119
1888 154 154 #109
1887 140 140 #102
1886 154 154 #102
1885 129 129 #108
1884 151 151 #101
1883 120 120 #110
1882 150 150 #97
1881 148 148 #87
1880 140 140 #98