How Many People Are Named Dan?
people named Dan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,818 people in the US has this name
Based on 107,130 babies named Dan in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,702 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dan, 0.6% were girls and 99.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 5.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dan alive today is about 62 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dan first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1958, to 3,702 babies. In 2025, 88 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dan never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #86, in 1881, and it was in the top 100 in 4 years between 1880 and 1884. In 2025 it ranked #1,962.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,962 |
| Best rank | #86 (1881) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (1880 to 1884) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #125 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dan were born in California than in any other state: about 7,758 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dan was given 2.7 times as often in Montana, 2.6 times in Utah and 2.6 times in Washington.
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