Unisex name · since 1991
Dagen
363 babies named Dagen in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,550 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 363
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
363 boys have been named Dagen since 1991, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dagen has been recorded 363 times among boys since 1991, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2023.
- #9,550 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 363 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dagen ranks #9,550 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 363 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,550 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 363
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dagen's 363 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dagen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dagen splits its recorded history at 2009: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dagen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Dagen popularity over time - girls
27 total births recorded since 2004 (Dagen as girls' name)
Dagen by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (178 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Dagen's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Dagen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 178 births (49% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dagen's data
- Dagen's decade-level peak was the 2000s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dagen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1991–2023 (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 Dagen 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.