first name
DAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 127,523 people named Dan, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 7.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Dan peaked in 1958, when 3,702 babies got the name.
At least 107,130 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Dan by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #257. The largest share of babies named Dan, 47.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Dan is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Dan has been most common in Montana (3.2×), Wyoming (2.4×), and Idaho (2.3×), and least common in New Hampshire (0.19×).
98,438 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Dan
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Dan, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Dan ranks #11,686 of 156,621, with 2,566 people. See Dan as a last name
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