Dane
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #819 for boys in 2025, 301 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 1,069 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 33,593since 1898
Dane over time
Rank among boys' names. Dane has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #819 | 301 | |
| 2024 | — | #873 | 276 | |
| 2023 | — | #901 | 258 | |
| 2022 | — | #867 | 277 | |
| 2021 | — | #834 | 285 | |
| 2020 | — | #833 | 273 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #872 | 253 |
| 2018 | — | #748 | 315 | |
| 2017 | — | #752 | 313 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #695 | 355 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #630 | 424 |
| 2014 | — | #623 | 423 | |
| 2013 | — | #550 | 482 | |
| 2012 | — | #476 | 573 | |
| 2011 | — | #469 | 574 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #411 | 684 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #371 | 818 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #349 | 918 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #339 | 949 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #392 | 762 |
| 2005 | — | #456 | 560 | |
| 2004 | — | #469 | 537 | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | #437 | 574 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #456 | 534 |
| 2001 | — | #441 | 549 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #423 | 583 |
| 1999 | — | #428 | 545 | |
| 1998 | — | #481 | 455 | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #442 | 505 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #435 | 517 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #442 | 517 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #436 | 521 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #430 | 516 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | #410 | 552 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #392 | 580 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #334 | 739 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #338 | 682 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #299 | 760 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #285 | 757 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | #221 | 1,069 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #230 | 1,003 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #306 | 637 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #252 | 831 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #419 | 398 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #454 | 334 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #468 | 321 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | #437 | 337 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #505 | 259 |
| 1977 | — | #652 | 167 | |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #652 | 157 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #645 | 160 |
| 1974 | — | #608 | 174 | |
| 1973 | — | #542 | 207 | |
| 1972 | — | #558 | 205 | |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #568 | 205 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #527 | 235 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | #489 | 247 |
| 1968 | — | #475 | 255 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #505 | 221 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #567 | 179 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #522 | 215 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #431 | 342 |
| 1963 | — | #448 | 316 | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #473 | 281 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | #470 | 299 |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #468 | 288 |
| 1959 | — | #421 | 357 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #462 | 287 |
| 1957 | — | #415 | 353 | |
| 1956 | — | #442 | 291 | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #489 | 225 |
| 1954 | — | #429 | 280 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | #532 | 179 |
| 1952 | — | #507 | 189 | |
| 1951 | — | #534 | 161 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #549 | 151 |
| 1949 | — | #527 | 160 | |
| 1948 | — | #557 | 144 | |
| 1947 | — | #509 | 176 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | #542 | 139 |
| 1945 | — | #736 | 69 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,343 | 27 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,799 | 16 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,411 | 23 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,251 | 29 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,879 | 14 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,818 | 15 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,417 | 22 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,538 | 20 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,426 | 24 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,960 | 16 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,605 | 22 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,727 | 21 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,614 | 11 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,448 | 27 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,052 | 16 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,905 | 17 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1898 | — | #1,121 | 5 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dane! It came in at #1,121, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898–1907, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dane is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#237 · 1 in 764
- Iowa#332 · 1 in 1,385
- Wisconsin#346 · 1 in 1,683
- Minnesota#440 · 1 in 2,333
- Utah#445 · 1 in 2,098
Best ever in a state: #68 in Hawaii, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #237 | 6 | 1 in 764 |
| Iowa | #332 | 11 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Wisconsin | #346 | 16 | 1 in 1,683 |
| Minnesota | #440 | 12 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Utah | #445 | 10 | 1 in 2,098 |
| Washington | #476 | 15 | 1 in 2,469 |
| Ohio | #492 | 20 | 1 in 2,966 |
| Maryland | #513 | 9 | 1 in 3,062 |
| Louisiana | #533 | 9 | 1 in 2,729 |
| Missouri | #542 | 10 | 1 in 3,161 |
| Colorado | #594 | 8 | 1 in 3,445 |
| Arizona | #614 | 9 | 1 in 4,005 |
| Michigan | #621 | 12 | 1 in 3,979 |
| Oregon | #628 | 5 | 1 in 3,675 |
| Illinois | #645 | 15 | 1 in 4,278 |
| Indiana | #668 | 8 | 1 in 4,447 |
| California | #698 | 41 | 1 in 5,456 |
| Texas | #731 | 33 | 1 in 5,613 |
| Pennsylvania | #777 | 9 | 1 in 6,581 |
| New Jersey | #782 | 7 | 1 in 5,932 |
| Tennessee | #823 | 6 | 1 in 6,033 |
| Florida | #867 | 14 | 1 in 6,995 |
| Virginia | #969 | 5 | 1 in 8,323 |
| New York | #1,052 | 11 | 1 in 9,091 |
| North Carolina | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 10,395 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dane
- 54 spots since 2024 (#873 → #819)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#833 → #819)
- 189 spots since 2015 (#630 → #819)
- Biggest jump: 499 spots in 1945 (#1,235 → #736)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 2019 (#748 → #872)
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1986 at #221 (1,069 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 81 yrs · run 1945–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,723 boys born in 1986 were named Dane (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,675 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 20.2% of all boys named Dane (6,792) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,121 (1898) | #1,121 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,217 (1908) | #1,217 |
| 1910s | 73 | #1,905 (1918) | #2,549 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,201 (1925) | #1,871 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,323 (1934) | #1,692 |
| 1940s | 812 | #509 (1947) | #991 |
| 1950s | 2,473 | #415 (1957) | #478 |
| 1960s | 2,643 | #431 (1964) | #485 |
| 1970s | 2,106 | #437 (1979) | #569 |
| 1980s | 6,792 | #221 (1986) | #327 |
| 1990s | 5,447 | #334 (1990) | #423 |
| 2000s | 6,784 | #339 (2007) | #413 |
| 2010s | 4,396 | #411 (2010) | #623 |
| 2020s | 1,670 | #819 (2025) | #855 |
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.
Dane in 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 295,337 of them was named Dane, which outranked 24.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,876Zyair7
- #12,876Zyairah7
- #12,876Zyanah7
- #14,331Dane6
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
- #16,215Aadriti5
- #16,215Aafiyah5
- #16,215Aaishah5
Tied with 1,883 names at #14,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 5,346 of them was named Dane, which outranked 95.1% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).