Boys' name · since 1972
Din
Din has 84 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,537 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Din is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 84 have been recorded since 1972.
Din has 84 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2023.
- #18,537 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 84 born since 1972
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Din ranks #18,537 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 84 born since 1972, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,537 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 84
- born since 1972
- 2000s
- peak decade
Din's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Din's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Din splits its recorded history at 2006: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1972 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Din popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2023
- Peak year (2003)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Din by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (41 births, 49% of the file).
2000s was Din's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Din births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 41 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Din's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2020s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Din: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~51 yrs)
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, 1972–2023 (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 Din 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.