Dacen — boys' name
91 babies named Dacen in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Dacen was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dacen in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dacen
The Social Security Administration has registered 91 babies named Dacen between 2002 and 2020, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dacen currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dacen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dacen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dacen in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 91 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dacen at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dacen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2002
- Peak year (2011)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
91 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 14 births in a single year.
Dacen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 58 births that decade — 64% of Dacen's all-time total
Dacen decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dacen's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2002–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.