Dane
#628 most common boys' name of all time · #1,401 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1898–2025
Rank among boys
#628
Rank overall
#1,401 of 105,966
First appeared
1898
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
33,979
Since 2016
2,917
Peak year
1986 #221
Best rank
#221 1986
Girls
Boys
peak 1,080/yr
Dane first appears in 1898. 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 | — | 301 | 301 | #823 |
| 2024 | — | 276 | 276 | #874 |
| 2023 | — | 258 | 258 | #902 |
| 2022 | — | 277 | 277 | #868 |
| 2021 | — | 285 | 285 | #834 |
| 2020 | — | 273 | 273 | #834 |
| 2019 | 5 | 253 | 258 | #872 |
| 2018 | — | 315 | 315 | #748 |
| 2017 | — | 313 | 313 | #752 |
| 2016 | 6 | 355 | 361 | #696 |
| 2015 | 5 | 424 | 429 | #630 |
| 2014 | — | 423 | 423 | #625 |
| 2013 | — | 482 | 482 | #550 |
| 2012 | — | 573 | 573 | #476 |
| 2011 | — | 574 | 574 | #471 |
| 2010 | 5 | 684 | 689 | #411 |
| 2009 | 7 | 818 | 825 | #371 |
| 2008 | 6 | 918 | 924 | #349 |
| 2007 | 8 | 949 | 957 | #340 |
| 2006 | 7 | 762 | 769 | #392 |
| 2005 | — | 560 | 560 | #457 |
| 2004 | — | 537 | 537 | #469 |
| 2003 | 5 | 574 | 579 | #437 |
| 2002 | 11 | 534 | 545 | #456 |
| 2001 | — | 549 | 549 | #441 |
| 2000 | 6 | 583 | 589 | #425 |
| 1999 | — | 545 | 545 | #429 |
| 1998 | — | 455 | 455 | #482 |
| 1997 | 12 | 505 | 517 | #443 |
| 1996 | 8 | 517 | 525 | #437 |
| 1995 | 8 | 517 | 525 | #442 |
| 1994 | 9 | 521 | 530 | #436 |
| 1993 | 11 | 516 | 527 | #430 |
| 1992 | 14 | 552 | 566 | #410 |
| 1991 | 6 | 580 | 586 | #392 |
| 1990 | 5 | 739 | 744 | #335 |
| 1989 | 6 | 682 | 688 | #338 |
| 1988 | 15 | 760 | 775 | #299 |
| 1987 | 19 | 757 | 776 | #285 |
| 1986 | 11 | 1,069 | 1,080 | #221 |
| 1985 | 13 | 1,003 | 1,016 | #230 |
| 1984 | 10 | 637 | 647 | #306 |
| 1983 | 5 | 831 | 836 | #252 |
| 1982 | 13 | 398 | 411 | #419 |
| 1981 | 8 | 334 | 342 | #454 |
| 1980 | 5 | 321 | 326 | #469 |
| 1979 | 11 | 337 | 348 | #438 |
| 1978 | 9 | 259 | 268 | #506 |
| 1977 | — | 167 | 167 | #653 |
| 1976 | 11 | 157 | 168 | #653 |
| 1975 | 8 | 160 | 168 | #647 |
| 1974 | — | 174 | 174 | #611 |
| 1973 | — | 207 | 207 | #546 |
| 1972 | — | 205 | 205 | #560 |
| 1971 | 10 | 205 | 215 | #571 |
| 1970 | 6 | 235 | 241 | #528 |
| 1969 | 7 | 247 | 254 | #490 |
| 1968 | — | 255 | 255 | #475 |
| 1967 | 7 | 221 | 228 | #505 |
| 1966 | 5 | 179 | 184 | #569 |
| 1965 | 5 | 215 | 220 | #523 |
| 1964 | 8 | 342 | 350 | #431 |
| 1963 | — | 316 | 316 | #448 |
| 1962 | 7 | 281 | 288 | #473 |
| 1961 | 6 | 299 | 305 | #471 |
| 1960 | 5 | 288 | 293 | #468 |
| 1959 | — | 357 | 357 | #421 |
| 1958 | 6 | 287 | 293 | #462 |
| 1957 | — | 353 | 353 | #416 |
| 1956 | — | 291 | 291 | #442 |
| 1955 | 8 | 225 | 233 | #490 |
| 1954 | — | 280 | 280 | #430 |
| 1953 | 6 | 179 | 185 | #534 |
| 1952 | — | 189 | 189 | #507 |
| 1951 | — | 161 | 161 | #536 |
| 1950 | 6 | 151 | 157 | #550 |
| 1949 | — | 160 | 160 | #530 |
| 1948 | — | 144 | 144 | #558 |
| 1947 | — | 176 | 176 | #512 |
| 1946 | 6 | 139 | 145 | #542 |
| 1945 | — | 69 | 69 | #742 |
| 1944 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,250 |
| 1943 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,358 |
| 1942 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,841 |
| 1941 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,433 |
| 1940 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,271 |
| 1939 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,927 |
| 1938 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,856 |
| 1937 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,602 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,442 |
| 1935 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,567 |
| 1934 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,342 |
| 1933 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,678 |
| 1932 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 1931 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1930 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,670 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,643 |
| 1928 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,003 |
| 1927 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,584 |
| 1926 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1925 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,216 |
| 1924 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1923 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,668 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,993 |
| 1921 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,462 |
| 1920 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1919 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1918 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 1916 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,252 |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,480 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,043 |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,363 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,381 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,335 |
| 1898 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,268 |