Dane
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Dane is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 819th for boys in the US (301 babies).
What does Dane mean?
English: English surname
From an English surname, either for someone who lived in a valley (Old English denu) or for a person from Denmark.
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Is Dane a girl's or a boy's name?
Dane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 301 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dane in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Dane, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 124 boys.
2025 had more boys named Dane than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Dane in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Dane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,037 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,535 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 25 | #1,166 |
| 2011 | 13 | #1,788 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 36 | #784 |
| 2005 | 41 | #707 |
| 2004 | 37 | #710 |
| 2003 | 53 | #508 |
| 2002 | 60 | #427 |
| 2001 | 124 | #258 |
| 2000 | 122 | #265 |
| 1999 | 59 | #417 |
| 1998 | 55 | #441 |
| 1997 | 60 | #415 |
| 1996 | 81 | #327 |
How popular is Dane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #819among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 301about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 301 boys in the US were named Dane, making it the 819th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 833rd. Its busiest year was 1986, with 1,069 boys. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had more boys named Dane than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Dane in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 334 boys in the US were given Dane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #722, up from #819 for this spelling alone.
Dane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | #819 |
| 2024 | 276 | #873 |
| 2023 | 258 | #901 |
| 2022 | 277 | #867 |
| 2021 | 285 | #834 |
| 2020 | 273 | #833 |
| 2019 | 253 | #872 |
| 2018 | 315 | #748 |
| 2017 | 313 | #752 |
| 2016 | 355 | #695 |
| 2015 | 424 | #630 |
| 2014 | 423 | #623 |
| 2013 | 482 | #550 |
| 2012 | 573 | #476 |
| 2011 | 574 | #469 |
| 2010 | 684 | #411 |
| 2009 | 818 | #371 |
| 2008 | 918 | #349 |
| 2007 | 949 | #339 |
| 2006 | 762 | #392 |
| 2005 | 560 | #456 |
| 2004 | 537 | #469 |
| 2003 | 574 | #437 |
| 2002 | 534 | #456 |
| 2001 | 549 | #441 |
| 2000 | 583 | #423 |
| 1999 | 545 | #428 |
| 1998 | 455 | #481 |
| 1997 | 505 | #442 |
| 1996 | 517 | #435 |
| 1995 | 517 | #442 |
| 1994 | 521 | #436 |
| 1993 | 516 | #430 |
| 1992 | 552 | #410 |
| 1991 | 580 | #392 |
| 1990 | 739 | #334 |
| 1989 | 682 | #338 |
| 1988 | 760 | #299 |
| 1987 | 757 | #285 |
| 1986 | 1,069 | #221 |
| 1985 | 1,003 | #230 |
| 1984 | 637 | #306 |
| 1983 | 831 | #252 |
| 1982 | 398 | #419 |
| 1981 | 334 | #454 |
| 1980 | 321 | #468 |
| 1979 | 337 | #437 |
| 1978 | 259 | #505 |
| 1977 | 167 | #652 |
| 1976 | 157 | #652 |
| 1975 | 160 | #645 |
| 1974 | 174 | #608 |
| 1973 | 207 | #542 |
| 1972 | 205 | #558 |
| 1971 | 205 | #568 |
| 1970 | 235 | #527 |
| 1969 | 247 | #489 |
| 1968 | 255 | #475 |
| 1967 | 221 | #505 |
| 1966 | 179 | #567 |
| 1965 | 215 | #522 |
| 1964 | 342 | #431 |
| 1963 | 316 | #448 |
| 1962 | 281 | #473 |
| 1961 | 299 | #470 |
| 1960 | 288 | #468 |
| 1959 | 357 | #421 |
| 1958 | 287 | #462 |
| 1957 | 353 | #414 |
| 1956 | 291 | #441 |
| 1955 | 225 | #488 |
| 1954 | 280 | #428 |
| 1953 | 179 | #531 |
| 1952 | 189 | #506 |
| 1951 | 161 | #533 |
| 1950 | 151 | #548 |
| 1949 | 160 | #526 |
| 1948 | 144 | #556 |
| 1947 | 176 | #509 |
| 1946 | 139 | #542 |
| 1945 | 69 | #736 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 16 | #1,799 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 14 | #1,879 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,576 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,538 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,323 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 24 | #1,426 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,605 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,448 |
| 1920 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,120 |
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