Daune — unisex name
218 babies named Daune in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Daune was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Daune in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Daune
The Social Security Administration has registered 218 babies named Daune between 1933 and 1979, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Daune currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Daune is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 64 additional births since 1929.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Daune performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Daune shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Daune 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 218 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.
Daune at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Daune popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1933
- Peak year (1955)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
218 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 12 births in a single year.
Daune popularity over time — boys
64 total births recorded since 1929 (Daune as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Daune accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Daune by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 68 births that decade — 31% of Daune's all-time total
Daune decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Daune's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
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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, 1933–1979 (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.