# Dan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dæn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 107,130 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106,554 / 576 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 878, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew דָּן (Dan).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 9 | 6,921 |
| 1982 | 8 | 7,631 |
| 1983 | 8 | 7,448 |
| 1985 | 7 | 8,549 |
| 1986 | 8 | 7,913 |
| 1988 | 10 | 7,244 |
| 1989 | 6 | 11,159 |
| 1992 | 8 | 9,684 |
| 2001 | 7 | 12,367 |
| 2003 | 5 | 16,357 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,092 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,454 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,582 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,747 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,603 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 108 | 1,498 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,501 |
| 2013 | 88 | 1,687 |
| 2014 | 102 | 1,559 |
| 2015 | 91 | 1,706 |
| 2016 | 100 | 1,610 |
| 2017 | 96 | 1,650 |
| 2018 | 97 | 1,659 |
| 2019 | 103 | 1,608 |
| 2020 | 86 | 1,769 |
| 2021 | 78 | 1,934 |
| 2022 | 88 | 1,830 |
| 2023 | 100 | 1,698 |
| 2024 | 82 | 1,925 |
| 2025 | 78 | 1,962 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 1,124 |
| 2012 | 24 | 1,119 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,183 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,024 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,431 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 29 | 985 |
| 2019 | 13 | 1,745 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 13 | 1,782 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 丹
- Danish: Dan
- Dutch: Dan
- Hebrew: דָּן
- Hindi: डैन
- Japanese: ダン
- Norwegian: Dan
- Swedish: Dan

## People named Dan

- Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player
- Dan Simmons, American novelist (1948–2026)
- Dan Burn, English association football player (born 1992)
- Dan Rather, American broadcast journalist (born 1931)
- Dan Fogler, American actor, musician and filmmaker
- Dan Gosling, English association football player
- Dan Bilzerian, American social media influencer (born 1980)
- Dan Marino, American football player, quarterback, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
- Dan Coats, 5th Director of National Intelligence, former United States Senator from Indiana
- Dan Dailey, American actor, singer and dancer (1915–1978)
- Dan Gurney, American racing driver, constructor and team owner
- Dan Butler, American actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.