girls:
10 births since 2000
#5706 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1969
#3527 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1969
#6659 (14th percentile)
The name Dagan is the #6,659 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,080 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 13.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,527 (23.0% percentile) for all time with 1,070 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,706 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 2000.
Dagan first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Dagan is available in 51 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (51 years for boys and 2 years for girls). 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.
The name Dagan has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dagan reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #772) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 28 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dagan ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 15.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dagan reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #897) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dagan".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dagan. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.1% confident that Dagan is pronounced as DAY-guhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-guhn, at 11.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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