Dain Boy
How popular is Dain?
#6,140 boy name in 2025
14 baby boys were named Dain in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
1,852living people named Dain (est.)
37median age of people named Dain
1,997babies named Dain since 1880
1 in 236,810US babies born in 2025
Dain popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,140 for boys (▼ 903 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-22% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,056 in 2015, #12,016 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1978 (62 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,109 in 1978 |
| First recorded | 1943 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dain counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Dane family of names ranked #632 for boys in 2025 (#648 the year before), with 412 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Dain by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 41 | #2,142 |
| 1950s | 94 | #1,592 |
| 1960s | 155 | #1,505 |
| 1970s | 331 | #1,109 |
| 1980s | 455 | #1,254 |
| 1990s | 348 | #1,511 |
| 2000s | 330 | #2,083 |
| 2010s | 168 | #3,993 |
| 2020s | 75 | #5,237 |
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Questions
- Is Dain a boy or girl name?
- Dain is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dain were boys.
- How popular is the name Dain?
- 14 baby boys were named Dain in the US in 2025, making it the 6140th most popular boy name.
- When was Dain most popular?
- Dain peaked in 1978, when 62 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,109 in 1978.
- How many people are named Dain?
- 1,997 babies have been named Dain in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,852 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.