Dat peaked in the US in 1981 at #2,038, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Dat as a boy’s name
US
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
Canada
2020
#12,022 (5)
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2017
#12,246 (5)
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2015
#8,040 (9)
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2014
#10,717 (6)
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2013
#8,118 (9)
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2011
#8,079 (9)
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2010
#7,087 (11)
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2009
#6,436 (13)
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2008
#6,393 (13)
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2007
#5,901 (14)
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2006
#4,520 (20)
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2005
#5,278 (15)
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2004
#4,602 (18)
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2003
#4,114 (20)
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2002
#4,322 (18)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1981 at #2,038.
First recorded in the US in 1979.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.