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Dann

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From Old Norse danr; literal meaning unconfirmed

Dann has been given to 2,234 babies in the U.S. since 1937. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1962, with 52 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% girls, 49% boys all-time.

Babies named Dann, 2000

1 in 630,000

Dann over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dann over time

In 2003, Dann went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19272003

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dann: meaning, origin, and history

From Old Norse danr; literal meaning unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dann means

Dann is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dann is used in Faroese.

Dann comes through Old Norse danr.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,145 girls were recorded with the name Dann between 1937 and 2000. Its highest annual count was 52 in 1962; its best national rank was #1,558 in 1962.

In the United States, 1,089 boys were recorded with the name Dann between 1927 and 2003. Its highest annual count was 71 in 1957; its best national rank was #902 in 1957.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dann?

Dann had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2000, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2000
1 in 630,000
6 of 3,778,496 births
Among girls only
1 in 303,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2000
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
436,510 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dann sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2000 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 436,510 children born in 2000 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dann. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Danns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dann was born before 1963 — so the typical Dann is around 62 today.

Median birth year
1963
About 62 years old
Biggest decade
1960s
36.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,032
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1960s — 36.6% of all recorded uses (419).

Is Dann rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1962 (52)
Years since peak
63
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,558
1962

Spellings of Dann

Dann is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 15.9% against Dann's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dann is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dann was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 121,278 across all states with data. It was least common in Oklahoma (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2Oregon1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Michigan1 in —
  5. 5Oklahoma1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dann has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Dann is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Dann was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 322,853 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 100,000
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 100,000
  3. 3Wisconsin1 in 100,000
  4. 4California1 in —
  5. 5Iowa1 in —
  6. 6Illinois1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Ohio1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dann has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dann around the world

Where Dann ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • France
    1971–2025
    #4,344
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2022–2022
    #2,959
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1983–2005
    #643
    in 2005

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dann by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,558
1962
Peak year
1962
52 that year
First recorded
1937
Last recorded
2000
All-time count
1,145
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#902
1957
Peak year
1957
71 that year
First recorded
1927
Last recorded
2003
All-time count
1,089
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dann

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Dann

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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