Dah — boys' name
20 babies named Dah in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Dah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Dah in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dah
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Dah between 2013 and 2016, spanning 4 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Dah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 17 additional births since 2010.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dah 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 20 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.
Dah at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2013
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
20 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 7 births in a single year.
Dah popularity over time — girls
17 total births recorded since 2010 (Dah as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Dah accounts for 46% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 20 births that decade — 100% of Dah's all-time total
Dah decade highlights
- Peak decade 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dah's strongest decade
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% 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, 2013–2016 (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.