Dat — boys' name

What the Data Says About Dat

The Social Security Administration has registered 534 babies named Dat between 1979 and 2020, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dat currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dat performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Dat shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dat in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dat 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 534 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.