Dartagnan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- dar-TAN-yan
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Dartagnan is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “from Artagnan”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Dartagnan mean?
French: from d'Artagnan, 'of Artagnan', a village in Gascony
“from Artagnan”
D'Artagnan is the dashing Gascon hero of Dumas's The Three Musketeers, based on a real 17th-century musketeer.
Is Dartagnan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dartagnan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dartagnan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Dartagnan, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 67 boys. It first appears in the records in 1960.
2025 had fewer boys named Dartagnan than any year since 1991.
Half of all the boys named Dartagnan in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dartagnan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 25 | #3,962 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 28 | #3,694 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 20 | #4,710 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,684 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 49 | #2,202 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,181 |
| 2000 | 60 | #1,795 |
| 1999 | 67 | #1,601 |
| 1998 | 41 | #2,196 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
Names like Dartagnan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Declan, Keegan, Finnegan, Dylan, Devin, Ronan, Brayden, Deacon, Aiden, Logan, Rylan, Donovan
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
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, “Dartagnan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dartagnan, updated 20 October 2026.