Dritan

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded; Albanian origin

Dritan has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1983. 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 1983, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Dritan, 1983

1 in 693,000

Dritan over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dritan: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded; Albanian origin

Albanian

What Dritan means

Dritan is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Dritan is used in English and Albanian. Its origins include Albanian.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Albanian, Dritan is pronounced /dɾiˈtan/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 boys were recorded with the name Dritan between 1983 and 1983. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1983; its best national rank was #6,520 in 1983.

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.

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How common is Dritan?

Dritan had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1983, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1983: 1 in 693,000; 5 of 3,463,011 births
Among boys only: 1 in 358,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1983: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 480,076 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dritan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1983 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 480,076 children born in 1983 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dritan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dritans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dritan was born before 1983 — so the typical Dritan is around 42 today.

Median birth year: 1983; About 42 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Dritan 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1983 (5)
Years since peak: 42; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,520; 1983

Spellings of Dritan

Dritan is not the most common spelling — Brian is, with 71.1% against Dritan's <0.01%.

Brian71.1%1,173,735
Adrian16.5%272,265
Tristan7.5%124,243
Dorian1.5%24,187
Darian1.0%17,041
Arian0.41%6,712
Dilan0.37%6,034
Rian0.34%5,624

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.

Dritan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,520; 1983
Peak year: 1983; 5 that year
First recorded: 1983
Last recorded: 1983
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dritan

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

Dristan Drizzt Heitan Aktan Driggs Dries Driver Driton Keltan Sritan Wystan Neitan Drilon Driscoll Drian Paytan Drish Khotan Daltan Brytan Keetan Neytan Dunstan Chintan

Sibling names for Dritan

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

For a sister

Afton Tanesha Matthew Adriane Laquita Thomas Holli Venessa

For a brother

Jerrod Marques Jamaal Brenton Chauncey Leopoldo Whitney Jerod

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