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Dan
Pronounced /dæn/
Rank in 2024
#1,925
Born in 2024
82
Peak year
1960 · #111
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 82 boys were named Dan, about 1 in every 20,918.
- It peaked in 1960 with 3,697 babies, ranked #111.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 106,473 boys have been named Dan since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dan per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 1.0Silent1928–45
- 1.4Boomers1946–64
- 0.5Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 12,436 babies, 0.74 per 1,000. Silent: 19,684 babies, 0.95 per 1,000. Boomers: 51,101 babies, 1.36 per 1,000. Gen X: 13,173 babies, 0.48 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,880 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,222 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,109 babies, 0.05 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Hebrew דָּן (Dan). ==== Proper noun ==== Dan (plural Dans) A male given name from Hebrew. A diminutive of the male given name Daniel. A diminutive of the female given name Danielle. A surname. (biblical) The fifth son of Jacob and Bilhah (who was Rachel's handmaid). One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Dan. A former city occupied by this tribe. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Daniel ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== Dan (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- A diminutive of the male given name Daniel.
- A diminutive of the female given name Danielle.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /dæn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dan, CC BY-SA 4.0.