Dann

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154 · Last seen for boys in 2003 at #10,894
Given to girls 51.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1,558
1962 · 52 births
Debut · girls
1937
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,145
since 1937

Dann over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #1,558, 1962peak #897, 1957girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1994#13,4305#8,8005
1993—#8,7005
1992#9,4918#8,4355
1991—#8,2365
1990#8,5019#8,1175
1989#12,3625#6,2297
1988#8,3918—
1987#7,9878—
1986#6,15611—
1985#6,9559#4,05210
1984#4,96614—
1983#5,14813#5,4846
1982#5,91111—
1981#5,57112#5,4686
1980#4,32717#5,5256
1979#8,0617#3,35712
1978#6,3859—
1977#4,23516—
1976#4,90512#4,9356
1975#4,37014#4,7976
1974#3,21221#3,31810
1973#2,68926#3,6948
1972#3,54317#2,81912
1971#2,47730#2,05220
1970#2,24035#1,93921
1969#2,25432#2,04617
1968#1,88740#1,89418
1967#1,64048#2,47011
1966#2,05832#1,61323
1965#1,85438#1,80619
1964#1,63549#1,51027
1963#1,67247#1,58525
1962#1,55852#1,45429
1961#1,83839#1,38833
1960#1,74742#1,11549
1959#1,91834#1,19942
1958#2,11728#96961
1957#1,61245#89771
1956#1,76036#92465
1955#2,10826#95761
1954#1,98728#1,13743
1953#1,70734#1,35731
1952#2,41119#1,22736
1951#2,57716#1,29532
1950#2,34118#1,53823
1949#2,62015#1,12839
1948#2,70114#1,40027
1947#2,35418#1,59922
1946#3,03411#1,64219
1945#3,6767#1,40622
1944#2,94610#1,73816
1943#3,8017#2,27711
1942#4,1246#2,9407
1941#3,5597#3,1336
1940—#3,1306
1939#3,7826#3,4805
1938#3,8476#3,1756
1937#3,8006#3,5185
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First appearance
1937

The first year at least five girls were named Dann! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Dann is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedHITexas: #1,122 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 21,308 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Dann, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#1,122 · 1 in 21,308

Best ever in a state: #302 in Oregon, 1963.

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See more about Dann
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2000
Rise & fade · girls
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1937
  • Peaked 1962 at #1,558 (52 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 34,396
  • Highest: 1 in 34,396 girls born in 1967 were named Dann (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 302,673 girls born in 2000 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,558 in 1962, was only 1 in 37,819 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 36.6% of all girls named Dann (419) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
  • Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s18#3,782 (1939)#3,810
1940s95#2,354 (1947)#3,202
1950s284#1,612 (1957)#2,054
1960s419#1,558 (1962)#1,814
1970s187#2,240 (1970)#4,212
1980s108#4,327 (1980)#6,777
1990s28#8,501 (1990)#11,028
2000s6#13,154 (2000)#13,154

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

Dann in 1952

girls
#2,411
19 births · 1 in 97,597 girls
boys
#1,227
36 births · 1 in 53,990 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #2,411Dann19

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #1,227Dann36
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 97,597 of them was named Dann, which outranked 62.3% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dann
  1. #2,327Yvonna20
  2. #2,327Zana20
  3. #2,327Zena20
  4. #2,411Dann19
  5. #2,411Ailene19
  6. #2,411Arie19
  7. #2,411Athena19
  8. #2,502Alease18
  9. #2,502Alona18
  10. #2,502Alvera18

Tied with 90 names at #2,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 53,990 of them was named Dann, which outranked 71.2% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dann
  1. #1,213Shane37
  2. #1,213Valentino37
  3. #1,213Wendel37
  4. #1,227Dann36
  5. #1,227Angus36
  6. #1,227Buck36
  7. #1,227Florentino36
  8. #1,245Abram35
  9. #1,245Bohdan35
  10. #1,245Cleophus35

Tied with 17 names at #1,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 753Darren#1,598 → #845
  2. ↑ 372Robby#1,242 → #870
  3. ↑ 355Cris#1,218 → #863
  4. ↑ 301Ethan#1,295 → #994
  5. ↑ 280Adan#1,150 → #870
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Ottis#984 → #1,461
  2. ↓ 408Wayland#915 → #1,323
  3. ↓ 330Mcarthur#806 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 305Arvin#963 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 285Levon#881 → #1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952 →