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Idan

Boy · ee-DAHN · Hebrew

Idan is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “era, epoch”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).

What does Idan mean?

Hebrew

“era, epoch”

Modern Hebrew name from the word for era or age.

Say it
ee-DAHN

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

Idan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Idan in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,657among boys
Babies in 2025
30about 1 in 57,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Idan, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Idan than any year since 2014.

Half of all the boys named Idan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1981Busiest: 36 in 20092025
Idan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202530#3,657
202426#4,069
202325#4,216
202219#5,015
202128#3,810
202020#4,694
201917#5,336
201825#4,090
201721#4,590
201622#4,469
201529#3,683
201430#3,530
201332#3,337
201224#4,128
201126#3,883
201030#3,530
200936#3,161
200812#6,758
200721#4,491
200622#4,219
200516#5,029
200412#6,132
200311#6,251
20028#7,636
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19979#6,094
19967#7,129
19950–
19946#7,764
19936#7,631
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19815#6,260

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