NameTides

Dane

Dane was the #819 boys' name in the US in 2025 (301 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Dane as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Dane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USIrelandCanadaEngland & Wales
Dane as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#819 (301)#2,440 (9)——#829 (3)#1,251 (19)—
2024#873 (276)————#788 (33)—
2023#901 (258)#2,814 (7)——#584 (5)#819 (30)—
2022#867 (277)#3,049 (6)———#713 (36)—
2021#834 (285)#2,730 (7)———#833 (30)—
2020#833 (273)#3,334 (5)———#906 (26)—
2019#872 (253)#2,728 (7)———#633 (41)—
2018#748 (315)#1,991 (11)——#635 (4)#712 (35)—
2017#752 (313)#2,172 (10)———#845 (28)—
2016#695 (355)#2,027 (11)——#541 (5)#681 (38)—
2015#630 (424)#1,511 (16)——#699 (3)#634 (41)—
2014#623 (423)#2,248 (9)———#509 (55)—
2013#550 (482)#1,920 (11)———#456 (63)—
2012#476 (573)#1,119 (24)——#718 (3)#454 (61)—
2011#469 (574)#1,688 (13)——#540 (5)#446 (62)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1986 at #221.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1898.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,700 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 5,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Dane is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 5,300 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Dane by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #639WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #586MNIllinois: #870ILMichigan: #829MINew York: #1,119NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #571IAIndiana: #844INOhio: #855OHPennsylvania: #526PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #831CAUtah: #327UTColorado: #756CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #670VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: #743SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #621OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #953TXFlorida: #729FL
Dane (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#75315

Dane (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
DaneCanadaGirls—too few
DaneCanadaBoys#1,25119
DaneEngland & WalesGirls—too few
DaneEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
DaneIrelandBoys#8293
DaneNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DaneNSWBoys—too few
DaneScotlandBoys—too few
DaneUSGirls—too few
DaneUSBoys#819301