Recorded 2002–2020 Boys' name Peak 2011 91 births

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.

2000s262010s582020s7
2010s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Dacen was born in this single decade.

2011
Single peak year

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 2020

Total births

91

Since 2002

19 years of records

Peak year

2011

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

2002

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2020

Dacen popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2002

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2011)
14
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
46810121416 2020201720152012201020082002 5

Dacen by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
58 births that decade — 64% of Dacen's all-time total
2000s262010s582020s7

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Dacen?
91 babies have been named Dacen since 2002. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2011 with 14 births.
When was Dacen most popular?
Dacen was most popular in the 2010s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Dacen been used?
Dacen has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 19 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Dacen?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Dacoda, Dace, Dacota, Dacari, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.