NameTides

Dan

Dan was the #1,959 boys' name in the US in 2025 (78 babies), and #1,124 in England & Wales and #1,311 in Canada.

Dan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Dan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandCanadaEngland & WalesUS
Dan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,959 (78)#1,124 (26)—#344 (4)#286 (15)#1,311 (18)
2024#1,921 (82)#1,460 (18)#727 (3)#278 (6)#430 (8)#1,246 (18)
2023#1,694 (100)#1,243 (22)—#200 (10)#219 (21)#1,947 (9)
2022#1,826 (88)#1,469 (17)—#234 (8)#276 (17)#1,092 (20)
2021#1,931 (78)#1,782 (13)—#211 (10)#210 (24)#1,478 (13)
2020#1,766 (86)#1,111 (24)—#334 (4)#219 (22)#847 (28)
2019#1,606 (103)#1,745 (13)—#365 (4)#214 (24)#1,326 (15)
2018#1,657 (97)#985 (29)—#319 (5)#283 (16)#1,279 (15)
2017#1,644 (96)#1,247 (21)#733 (3)#250 (7)#263 (18)#1,510 (12)
2016#1,610 (100)#1,431 (18)—#358 (4)#229 (23)#1,423 (13)
2015#1,703 (91)#1,024 (28)—#259 (7)#257 (19)#1,384 (13)
2014#1,559 (102)#1,421 (17)#587 (4)—#215 (27)#1,311 (14)
2013#1,685 (88)#1,183 (21)#687 (3)#398 (3)#296 (15)#1,551 (11)
2012#1,498 (107)#1,119 (24)#669 (3)#273 (6)#215 (27)#796 (29)
2011#1,495 (108)#1,124 (23)—#231 (8)#245 (21)#1,118 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1958 at #109.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 11% of US babies named Dan were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 22,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 2,100uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 20,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 16,000 to 1 in 25,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Dan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Dan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DanCanadaGirls—too few
DanCanadaBoys#1,31118
DanEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
DanEngland & WalesBoys#1,12426
DanIrelandBoys#28615
DanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DanNorthern IrelandBoys#3444
DanScotlandBoys—too few
DanUSGirls#9,45710
DanUSBoys#1,95978