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Dane
Pronounced /deɪn/
Rank in 2024
#878
Born in 2024
273
Peak year
1986 · #221
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 273 boys were named Dane, about 1 in every 6,283.
- It peaked in 1986 with 1,069 babies, ranked #221.
- It first shows up in the records in 1898.
- 33,289 boys have been named Dane since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Dane per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- 0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 252 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 406 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 4,618 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,545 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,414 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,120 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,929 babies, 0.18 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.
- A male given name transferred from the surname, or from the ethnic term Dane (like Scott or Norman).
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /deɪn/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Dane, CC BY-SA 4.0.