Dacian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAY-shun
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Dacian is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “from Dacia”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Dacian mean?
Latin: from Latin Dacianus
“from Dacia”
Dacia was the ancient kingdom north of the Danube, roughly modern Romania, conquered by the emperor Trajan.
Is Dacian a girl's or a boy's name?
Dacian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dacian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Dacian, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Dacian in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dacian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Dacian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Brayden, Kayden, Deacon, Finnegan, Aiden, Keegan, Finn, Kian, Ronan, Cassian, Cannon
Names related to Dacian
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Dacian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dacian, updated 20 October 2026.