Dahn
The Story of Dahn
As a girl name
American parents first put Dahn on the record books as a girl name in 1965, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1968, when 6 Dahns were born — ranking #6,246 that year. About 69% of every Dahn on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Dahn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 16 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Dahn on the record books as a boy name in 1994, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 5 Dahns were born — ranking #8,799 that year. Dahn last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dahn
Dahn is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1965 and has accumulated 16 births in the dataset. Dahn's peak popularity came in 1968 when it ranked #6,246. Use the chart and map above to compare Dahn'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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