Dathan — #8407 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dathan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,563 babies named Dathan between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dathan currently holds the #8407 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 53 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dathan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 419 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dathan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 79 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Dathan in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dathan 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 1,563 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.