How Many People Are Named Dane?
people named Dane are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,046 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,979 babies named Dane in Social Security records from 1898 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,080 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was either a variant of the surname DEAN or else an ethnic name referring to a person from Denmark.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dane, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dane alive today is about 32 years old, and 48% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dane first appears in the records in 1898 and was given most often in 1986, to 1,080 babies. In 2025, 301 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1898 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dane has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #221, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #821.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #821 |
| Best rank | #221 (1986) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #310 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dane alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dane were born in California than in any other state: about 3,724 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dane was given 5.2 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in Utah and 2.1 times in Minnesota.
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