Dathan
Boy · DAY-thun · Hebrew
Dathan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Dathan mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
In the Book of Numbers, Dathan joins Korah's rebellion against Moses and is swallowed by the earth.
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Is Dathan a girl's or a boy's name?
Dathan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dathan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Dathan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Dathan in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Dathan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 46 | #2,662 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 44 | #2,721 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 53 | #2,233 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 38 | #2,552 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 39 | #2,421 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 29 | #2,676 |
| 1996 | 25 | #2,906 |
| 1995 | 24 | #2,918 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 24 | #2,828 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 24 | #2,158 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 26 | #2,058 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
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