Dain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DAYN
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Dain is a boys' name of Old Norse origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Dain mean?
Old Norse: Old Norse Dainn, a dwarf name in the Eddas; also used as a spelling of Dane
Dain is among the dwarf names in the Old Norse Voluspa that Tolkien borrowed, giving Dain Ironfoot in The Hobbit.
Is Dain a girl's or a boy's name?
Dain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dain in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 boys.
Dain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Dain in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Dain, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the boys named Dain in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 334 boys in the US were given Dain or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #722, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Dain in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 32 | #3,168 |
| 2004 | 37 | #2,784 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 46 | #2,213 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 29 | #2,861 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 35 | #2,254 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 56 | #1,511 |
| 1989 | 51 | #1,562 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 43 | #1,610 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 57 | #1,267 |
| 1984 | 52 | #1,279 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 45 | #1,414 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 30 | #1,852 |
| 1979 | 48 | #1,340 |
| 1978 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 26 | #1,834 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 25 | #1,771 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,559 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 25 | #1,641 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,505 |
| 1967 | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,269 |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 16 | #1,938 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 7 | #3,020 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,607 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,142 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
Names like Dain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Declan, Conan, Ryan, Brody, Dylan, Keegan, Kerr, Aiden, Bryn, Regan, Cody
Other spellings of Dain
Names related to Dain
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Ralph, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Dain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dain, updated 20 October 2026.