Daan
Daan is a Dutch masculine given name, short for Daniël. In the Netherlands, it has increased significantly in popularity as a birth name since 1970.
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Daan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Daan is a Dutch masculine given name, short for Daniël. In the Netherlands, it has increased significantly in popularity as a birth name since 1970.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Daan
American parents first put Daan on the record books as a baby boy name in 2000, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 5 Daans were born — ranking #10,349 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2003 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 15 Daans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Daan
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Names that sound like Daan
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About the name Daan
Daan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Daan's peak popularity came in 2000 when it ranked #10,349. Use the chart and map above to compare Daan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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