Dat
Dat is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
- Vietnamese
Meaning & Origin of Dat
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dat is a name with a single cultural origin: Vietnamese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Vietnamese
The Story of Dat
Dat first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1981: 26 births, good for #2,038 nationwide. About 31% of every Dat on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Dat last appeared in the published SSA data in 2020, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 534 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Dat
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dat is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Datt
- Dad
- Doubt
- Date
- Debt
- Dot
- Dote
- Dit
- Deat
- Doit
- Det
- Doot
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dat
Dat is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 534 births in the dataset. Dat's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #2,038. Use the chart and map above to compare Dat'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.