Danton
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 570since 1944
Danton over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Danton has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,760 | 6 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #5,588 | 12 |
| 1999 | #5,317 | 12 |
| 1998 | #5,466 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #4,791 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #2,902 | 21 |
| 1988 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,230 | 13 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
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| 1953 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
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| 1944 | #3,430 | 5 |
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First appearance
1944
The first year at least five boys were named Danton! It came in at #3,430, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1944–1947, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Danton is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Danton in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
Rise & fade · boys
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1944
- Peaked 1949 at #2,453 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 1 yr 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 95,282
- Highest: 1 in 95,282 boys born in 1989 were named Danton (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,453 in 1949, was only 1 in 177,394 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
- 22.1% of all boys named Danton (126) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 26 | #2,453 (1949) | #3,181 |
| 1950s | 50 | #2,531 (1953) | #3,204 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,900 (1961) | #3,267 |
| 1970s | 66 | #2,686 (1971) | #4,199 |
| 1980s | 91 | #2,902 (1989) | #4,564 |
| 1990s | 126 | #3,779 (1990) | #4,728 |
| 2000s | 91 | #5,588 (2000) | #7,820 |
| 2010s | 49 | #7,087 (2010) | #10,033 |
| 2020s | 5 | #12,330 (2022) | #12,330 |
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.
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