Dane Boy
How popular is Dane?
#819 boy name in 2025
301 baby boys were named Dane in the US in 2025, making it the 819th most popular boy name.
Dane popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #819 for boys (▲ 54 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 301 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #630 in 2015, #833 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1986 (1,069 boys) |
| Highest rank | #221 in 1986 |
| First recorded | 1898 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dane 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.
Where Dane is most popular
Babies named Dane per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Dane by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1900s | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1910s | 73 | #1,904 |
| 1920s | 199 | #1,201 |
| 1930s | 187 | #1,323 |
| 1940s | 812 | #509 |
| 1950s | 2,473 | #414 |
| 1960s | 2,643 | #431 |
| 1970s | 2,106 | #437 |
| 1980s | 6,792 | #221 |
| 1990s | 5,447 | #334 |
| 2000s | 6,784 | #339 |
| 2010s | 4,396 | #411 |
| 2020s | 1,670 | #819 |
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Questions
- Is Dane a boy or girl name?
- Dane is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dane were boys.
- How popular is the name Dane?
- 301 baby boys were named Dane in the US in 2025, making it the 819th most popular boy name.
- When was Dane most popular?
- Dane peaked in 1986, when 1,069 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #221 in 1986.
- How many people are named Dane?
- 33,979 babies have been named Dane in the US since 1880. We estimate about 31,099 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Dane most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dane was most common in Utah, at 0.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
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.