Dane
Dane is ranked 880th among boys in 2024 (273 births). Its best rank was 221st, in 1986.
- Rank in 2024
- #880up 23 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2730.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19861,069 births
- Best rank
- #221in 1986
- Since 1898
- 33,289people given the name
The story in the numbers
33,289 boys have been named Dane in the United States since 1898, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 1,069 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 623 → 880).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1992, and the 1980s alone account for 20%. It has spent 80 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dane | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 73 | |
| 1920s | 199 | |
| 1930s | 187 | |
| 1940s | 812 | |
| 1950s | 2,473 | |
| 1960s | 2,643 | |
| 1970s | 2,107 | |
| 1980s | 6,793 | |
| 1990s | 5,447 | |
| 2000s | 6,784 | |
| 2010s | 4,396 | |
| 2020s | 1,364 |
In 1986, its biggest year
Dane was the 221st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1986 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Dane
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Drewpeak 1985
- Alainpeak 1988
- Brittonpeak 2006
- Kendellpeak 1990
- Quintinpeak 1997
- Hectorpeak 2005
- Brandtpeak 2007
- Silvanopeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.