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Dann

girls’ name · 51%boys’ name · 49%FadedCompare

Dann is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
196252 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1937
2,234people given the name
Babies named Dann, by year of birthgirlsboys
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The story in the numbers

1,145 girls have been named Dann in the United States since 1937, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1962, with 52 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 52 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 37%.

Dann is used for both sexes: 49% of its bearers are boys (1,089), most of them born around 1957.

By decade

Decadegirls named Dann
1930s18
1940s95
1950s284
1960s419
1970s187
1980s108
1990s28
2000s6

In 1962, its biggest year

Dann was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1962 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Linda. See all of 1962.

Names that rose and fell with Dann

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.