Dagen

Q: What does Dagen mean?

Dagen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grain”, spelling of Dagan; Hebrew word. Dagan was also an ancient Syrian and Mesopotamian god linked with crops and fertility.

Gender: Boy
Say it: DAY-gan
Origin: Hebrew

Dagen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grain”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Dagen mean?

Hebrew: spelling of Dagan; Hebrew word

“grain”

Dagan was also an ancient Syrian and Mesopotamian god linked with crops and fertility.

Meaning borrowed from Dagan.

Is Dagen a girl's or a boy's name?

Dagen is a boys' name.

How popular is Dagen in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.

Half of all the boys named Dagen in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.

1991Busiest: 24 in 20042023

Dagen in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2023	6	#10,815
2022	8	#8,983
2021	9	#8,161
2020	10	#7,497
2019	9	#8,209
2018	7	#9,664
2017	8	#8,835
2016	5	#12,180
2015	9	#8,035
2014	11	#7,043
2013	6	#10,722
2012	15	#5,714
2011	18	#4,981
2010	15	#5,737
2009	12	#6,798
2008	20	#4,710
2007	16	#5,431
2006	16	#5,299
2005	20	#4,321
2004	24	#3,731
2003	22	#3,833
2002	21	#3,904
2001	12	#5,660
2000	15	#4,779
1999	11	#5,650
1998	11	#5,460
1997	5	#9,259
1996	10	#5,528
1995	0	–
1994	0	–
1993	7	#6,809
1992	0	–
1991	5	#8,228