Masculine dossier · first seen 1943

Dain

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dain
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1978

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1943Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

71%

2024

All-time

1,983

Dain is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 62 boys were named Dain.

In 2024, only 18 boys were given the name.

Down 71% from its peak.

All told, about 1,983 Americans have been named Dain and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1943.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1978

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