Boys' name · since 1961
Dragan
Dragan has 275 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dragan is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 275 have been recorded since 1961.
Dragan has 275 recorded births among boys since 1961, 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 1961 to 2024.
- #11,121 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 275 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dragan ranks #11,121 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #11,121 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dragan's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Dragan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dragan splits its recorded history at 1995: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2012 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dragan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2024
- Peak year (2012)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Dragan by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (73 births, 27% of the file).
2000s was Dragan's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Dragan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 73 births (27% of all-time use).
Dragan by state
Where Dragan concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 22 | 8.0% |
22 of 275 births nationwide.
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- Dragan's decade-level peak was the 2000s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Dragans (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dragan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1961–2024 (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 Dragan 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.