Boys' name · since 1971
Dashan
Dashan has 210 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,652 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashan sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 210 recorded since 1971.
Dashan has 210 recorded births among boys since 1971, 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 1971 to 2021.
- #12,652 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 210 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dashan ranks #12,652 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 210 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,652 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 210
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Dashan's 210 recorded births place it above 72.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Dashan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dashan's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dashan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2021
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Dashan popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1973 (Dashan as girls' name)
Dashan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (77 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Dashan's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Dashan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 77 births (37% of all-time use).
Dashan by state
Where Dashan concentrates geographically, total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 210 births nationwide.
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- Dashan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Dashans (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dashan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1971–2021 (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 Dashan 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.