Unisex name · since 2013
Dah
Dah has 20 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,977 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Dah since 2013, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Dah recorded 20 times among boys since 2013, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2016.
- #28,977 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dah ranks #28,977 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,977 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dah's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dah's full recorded timeline at 2015, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2016
- Peak year (2013)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Dah popularity over time - girls
17 total births recorded since 2010 (Dah as girls' name)
Dah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Dah's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Dah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~3 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, 2013–2016 (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 Dah 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.