Boys' name · since 1969
Dagan
1,077 babies named Dagan in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,077
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dagan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,077 have been recorded since 1969.
Dagan has 1,077 recorded births among boys since 1969, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1969 to 2024.
- #4,891 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,077 born since 1969
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dagan ranks #4,891 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,077 born since 1969, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,891 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,077
- born since 1969
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dagan's 1,077 recorded births place it above 89.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
Dagan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dagan's full recorded timeline at 1998, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 58 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dagan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–2024
- Peak year (2003)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Dagan popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2000 (Dagan as girls' name)
Dagan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (474 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Dagan's strongest decade.
474 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Dagan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 103
1970s
103 births
- 1980s 85
1980s
85 births
- 1990s
1990s
215 births
- 2000s
2000s
474 births
- 2010s 161
2010s
161 births
- 2020s 34
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 474 births (44% of all-time use).
How Dagan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Dagan's total volume
Dagan by state
Where Dagan concentrates geographically, total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 34 | 3.2% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Arkansas | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.5% |
34 of 1,077 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Dagan's data
- Dagan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (474 total births); usage has since declined to 34 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dagans (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dagan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1969–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dagan draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.