Boys' name · since 1973
Dartanian
Dartanian has 242 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 242
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
242 boys have been named Dartanian since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dartanian has 242 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2020.
- #11,855 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 242 born since 1973
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dartanian ranks #11,855 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 242 born since 1973, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,855 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 242
- born since 1973
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dartanian's 242 recorded births place it above 73.9% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dartanian's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dartanian splits its recorded history at 2001: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dartanian popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2020
- Peak year (1994)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Dartanian by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 30% of the file).
2010s was Dartanian's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Dartanian births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 20
1980s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
60 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Dartanian's decade-level peak was the 2010s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- 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 Dartanian: 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 (~47 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, 1973–2020 (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 Dartanian 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.