Dane — #880 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dane

The Social Security Administration has registered 33,289 babies named Dane between 1898 and 2024, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dane currently holds the #880 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 1,069 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dane performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6,793 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Dane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,984 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Dane in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dane 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 33,289 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.