Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Dan

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

Endangered Down 97.8% from peak

Peak era

1960

Peak rank proxy

3,697

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19602024

Peak year

1960

Decline from peak

97.8%

2024

All-time

106,473

Dan once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1960, when 3,697 boys were named Dan.

In 2024, only 82 boys were given the name.

Down 97.8% from its peak.

All told, about 106,473 Americans have been named Dan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.8% from peak

19603,697 boys named Dan

202482 boys named Dan

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