Boys' name · since 1975
Dakin
63 babies named Dakin in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,522 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 63
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dakin is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 63 have been recorded since 1975.
Dakin has 63 recorded births among boys since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2012.
- #20,522 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 63 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dakin ranks #20,522 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 63 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #20,522 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 63
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dakin's 63 recorded births place it above 54.68% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dakin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dakin splits its recorded history at 1993: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dakin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2012
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Dakin by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (39 births, 62% of the file).
1990s was Dakin's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Dakin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
39 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 39 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Dakin's decade-level peak was the 1990s (39 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Dakin: 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 (~37 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, 1975–2012 (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 Dakin 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.