boys:
291 births since 1982
#4295 (6th percentile)
overall:
291 births since 1982
#7448 (4th percentile)
The name Dacian is the #7,448 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 291 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,295 (6.3% percentile) for all time with 291 births since 1982.
Dacian first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982). Birth data for Dacian is available in 27 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Dacian reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #884) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dacian ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 26.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dacian".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Dacian is pronounced as DAY-shuhn, which has 2 syllables.
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