Boys' name · since 1992
Dakwan
Dakwan has 82 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,702 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dakwan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 82 have been recorded since 1992.
Dakwan has 82 recorded births among boys since 1992, 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 1992 to 2003.
- #18,702 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 82 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dakwan ranks #18,702 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,702 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 82
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dakwan's 82 recorded births place it above 58.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dakwan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dakwan's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dakwan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2003
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Dakwan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (65 births, 79% of the file).
1990s was Dakwan's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Dakwan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 65 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Dakwan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 17 in the 2000s -- 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 Dakwan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1992–2003 (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 Dakwan 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.