Dashan — boys' name
210 babies named Dashan in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
210 boys have been named Dashan since 1971, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2021.
- 210
- total births
- 1971–2021
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Dashan was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Dashan in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dashan
The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Dashan between 1971 and 2021, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dashan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dashan performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Dashan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dashan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dashan 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 210 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.
Dashan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dashan popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1971
- Peak year (1998)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
210 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 12 births in a single year.
Dashan popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1973 (Dashan as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dashan accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dashan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 77 births that decade — 37% of Dashan's all-time total
Dashan decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dashan's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.