Dain

#6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births

Peak · boys
1978 · 62 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,997
since 1943

Dain over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Dain has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #1,109, 1978boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#6,14314
2024#5,24118
2023#6,89712
2022#6,47913
2021#6,33513
2020#12,0225
2019#6,40613
2018#4,73920
2017#5,52616
2016#6,72612
2015#5,05818
2014#5,99714
2013#4,46321
2012#7,05011
2011#4,98318
2010#3,99425
2009#5,55416
2008#3,48631
2007#3,59129
2006#3,68627
2005#3,17232
2004#2,78837
2003#2,54540
2002#3,55424
2001#2,21746
2000#2,08748
1999#2,86529
1998#2,71130
1997#2,44933
1996#2,44132
1995#2,40032
1994#2,25935
1993#2,16236
1992#2,41230
1991#2,09535
1990#1,51656
1989#1,56751
1988#1,52548
1987#1,61243
1986#1,25559
1985#1,26857
1984#1,28052
1983#1,44843
1982#1,41545
1981#1,99627
1980#1,85230
1979#1,34048
1978#1,10962
1977#2,00824
1976#2,11322
1975#1,83526
1974#2,12920
1973#1,40036
1972#1,77125
1971#1,56031
1970#1,37437
1969#1,64225
1968#1,50627
1967#1,80919
1966#2,62710
1965#2,27013
1964#2,66510
1963#2,30013
1962#2,50411
1961#1,99717
1960#2,68510
1959#2,8219
1958#3,0338
1957#2,63110
1956#2,62810
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1954#1,59323
1953#3,7985
1952#1,93916
1951#3,3646
1950#3,0217
1949#2,45310
1948#2,6089
1947#3,7335
1946#2,14312
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First appearance
1943

The first year at least five boys were named Dain! It came in at #3,538, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Dain is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #289 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,514 boysMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedUTColorado: #372 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,145 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Dain, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#289 · 1 in 4,514
  2. Colorado#372 · 1 in 4,145

Best ever in a state: #275 in Minnesota, 1986.

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See more about Dain
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 902 spots since 2024 (#5,241 → #6,143)
  • 5,879 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #6,143)
  • 1,085 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #6,143)
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1943
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,109 (62 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,481
  • Highest: 1 in 26,481 boys born in 1978 were named Dain (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 22.8% of all boys named Dain (455) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s41#2,143 (1946)#2,895
1950s94#1,593 (1954)#2,759
1960s155#1,506 (1968)#2,201
1970s331#1,109 (1978)#1,664
1980s455#1,255 (1986)#1,522
1990s348#1,516 (1990)#2,331
2000s330#2,087 (2000)#3,268
2010s168#3,994 (2010)#5,494
2020s75#5,241 (2024)#7,186

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Dain in 1984

boys
#1,280
52 births · 1 in 34,709 boys

Top boys' names in 1984

  1. #1Michael67,735
  2. #2Christopher60,021
  3. #3Matthew49,767
  4. #4Joshua40,266
  5. #5David38,492
  6. #6Daniel36,531
  7. #7James35,859
  8. #8John32,610
  9. #9Robert31,768
  10. #10Joseph30,513
  11. #1,280Dain52
More about 1984

boys

1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 34,709 of them was named Dain, which outranked 82.6% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dain
  1. #1,265Renato53
  2. #1,265Thurman53
  3. #1,265Tou53
  4. #1,280Dain52
  5. #1,280Andra52
  6. #1,280Benson52
  7. #1,280Carnell52
  8. #1,294Armond51
  9. #1,294Bartholomew51
  10. #1,294Bradlee51

Tied with 13 names at #1,280; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Ryne#1,562 → #604
  2. ↑ 472Rachel#1,448 → #976
  3. ↑ 399Zebulon#1,375 → #976
  4. ↑ 359Travon#1,327 → #968
  5. ↑ 347Mackenzie#1,347 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 741Trumaine#949 → #1,690
  2. ↓ 422Basil#1,000 → #1,422
  3. ↓ 240Alfonzo#1,000 → #1,240
  4. ↓ 208Jasen#804 → #1,012
  5. ↓ 205Woodrow#949 → #1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →