How Many People Are Named Dathan?
people named Dathan are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 228,160 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,571 babies named Dathan in Social Security records from 1958 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
53 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "fountain" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of one of the conspirators against Moses.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Dathan in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dathan alive today is about 30 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 44 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dathan first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 2005, to 53 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Dathan has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,197, in 1975. In 2025 it ranked #10,957.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,957 |
| Best rank | #1,197 (1975) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,635 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dathan alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dathan were born in Texas than in any other state: about 76 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Dathan was given about 6.6 times as often in Texas.
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