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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |