Dragan
Dragan is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
Meaning & Origin of Dragan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dragan is a South Slavic masculine given name. It is derived from the common Slavic element drag meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Serbian
- Croatian
- Slovene
- Macedonian
- Bulgarian
The Story of Dragan
The earliest SSA record of Dragan as a baby boy name dates back to 1961, when 6 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 12 newborns named Dragan — #6,624 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Dragan on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Dragan last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 275 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dragan
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dragan. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dragana
- Drago
- Dragutin
- Draža
- Dražen
Names that sound like Dragan
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About the name Dragan
Dragan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 275 births in the dataset. Dragan's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #6,624. Use the chart and map above to compare Dragan'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.