girls:
1.1k births since 1937
#4571 (20th percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1927
#3512 (23rd percentile)
overall:
2.2k births since 1927
#5561 (28th percentile)
The name Dann is the #5,561 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,234 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 28.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,571 (20.0% percentile) for all time with 1,145 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #3,512 (23.4% percentile) for all time with 1,089 births since 1927.
Dann first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (1927 for boys and 1937 for girls). Birth data for Dann is available in 65 out of the 77 years between 1927 and 2003 (57 years for girls and 56 years for boys). 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 Dann is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2003, 100.0% of babies named Dann were boys. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (59.7% boys from 1927 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (66.8% girls from 1963 to 2003).
For girls, Dann reached its peak popularity in 1962, achieving the 6.1% percentile (ranked #725) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1967, with 28 births per million (ranked 5.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2000.
For boys, Dann reached its peak popularity in 1957, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #592) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 1957, with 32 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2003.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dann".
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