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.

Dathan

#3,627 most common boys' name of all time · #8,852 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1958–2025

Rank among boys
#3,627
Rank overall
#8,852 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
66 of 146
All-time
1,571
Since 2016
115
Peak year
2005 #2,250
Best rank
#1,202 1975
Girls Boys peak 53/yr
1960198020002020

Dathan first appears in 1958. 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 — 6 6 #10,898
2024 — 9 9 #8,447
2023 — 9 9 #8,395
2022 — 5 5 #12,624
2021 — 10 10 #7,708
2020 — 13 13 #6,359
2019 — 18 18 #5,198
2018 — 9 9 #8,297
2017 — 14 14 #6,128
2016 — 22 22 #4,510
2015 — 12 12 #6,758
2014 — 19 19 #4,920
2013 — 22 22 #4,346
2012 — 34 34 #3,256
2011 — 38 38 #3,018
2010 — 33 33 #3,326
2009 — 46 46 #2,676
2008 — 38 38 #3,071
2007 — 44 44 #2,737
2006 — 45 45 #2,633
2005 — 53 53 #2,250
2004 — 23 23 #3,905
2003 — 46 46 #2,322
2002 — 38 38 #2,578
2001 — 48 48 #2,162
2000 — 39 39 #2,449
1999 — 41 41 #2,243
1998 — 35 35 #2,475
1997 — 29 29 #2,709
1996 — 25 25 #2,960
1995 — 24 24 #2,968
1994 — 24 24 #2,990
1993 — 24 24 #2,902
1992 — 24 24 #2,878
1991 — 19 19 #3,270
1990 — 28 28 #2,466
1989 — 30 30 #2,275
1988 — 14 14 #3,611
1987 — 26 26 #2,258
1986 — 18 18 #2,835
1985 — 30 30 #1,954
1984 — 24 24 #2,211
1983 — 14 14 #3,163
1982 — 26 26 #2,093
1981 — 36 36 #1,653
1980 — 31 31 #1,839
1979 — 52 52 #1,288
1978 — 22 22 #2,188
1977 — 40 40 #1,468
1976 — 28 28 #1,812
1975 — 50 50 #1,202
1974 — 34 34 #1,515
1973 — 27 27 #1,730
1972 — 8 8 #3,843
1970 — 8 8 #3,750
1969 — 11 11 #2,822
1968 — 5 5 #4,586
1967 — 5 5 #4,406
1966 — 11 11 #2,616
1965 — 11 11 #2,605
1963 — 5 5 #4,524
1962 — 6 6 #3,980
1961 — 7 7 #3,628
1960 — 10 10 #2,863
1959 — 7 7 #3,596
1958 — 9 9 #3,030