Dahn — unisex name
16 babies named Dahn in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1968. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Dahn was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Dahn in 1968 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dahn
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Dahn between 1965 and 1970, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dahn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1968, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Dahn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1994.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dahn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dahn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dahn 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 16 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.
Dahn at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dahn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1965
- Peak year (1968)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
16 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1968 with 6 births in a single year.
Dahn popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1994 (Dahn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Dahn accounts for 24% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dahn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Dahn's all-time total
Dahn decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Dahn's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1965–1970 (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.