Dain — #5259 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dain

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,983 babies named Dain between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dain currently holds the #5259 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dain performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 455 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dain shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 90 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Dain in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dain 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 1,983 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.