Dane Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Dane: every year it appeared on the national list since 1898, with 33,593 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

33,593

Peak year

1986 #221

Years on the list

116

10-year trend

-7.4%

In the 1980s · Most used in CA in {year}

Popularity history

1898–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	574	#470
2012	573	#476
2013	482	#550
2014	423	#623
2015	424	#630
2016	355	#695
2017	313	#753
2018	315	#748
2019	253	#872
2020	273	#834
2021	285	#835
2022	277	#869
2023	258	#901
2024	276	#873
2025	301	#821

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1986

131

Names from the same era

Brett · 1986 Shea · 1986 Whitney · 1986 Daniel · 1985 Andrew · 1987 Ryan · 1985 Bryan · 1985 Joel · 1985 Dustin · 1985 Ross · 1985

Names similar to Dane

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