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Dane

boy name
Origin
English
Syllables
1
Peak era
1980s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

denotes 'a Dane', someone from Denmark

Famously borne by Dane Jackson, the American whitewater kayaking world champion.

How popular is Dane around the world?

In the United States, 1,670 babies were named Dane between 2020 and 2025. In South Australia, 2 boys were registered as Dane in 2017.

Dane is on the official records of the United States, South Australia, Canada, Ireland, England and Wales, Mexico City, Brazil and Spain.

United States

1 in 13,000

In the United States, 1,670 babies were named Dane between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1980s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Dane peaked in the 1980s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Dane has stayed between 1,670 and 6,897 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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South Australia

1 in 9,200 · 2017

In South Australia, 2 boys were registered as Dane in 2017.

1944peak 2013

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Canada

1 in 10,000

In Canada, 35 boys named Dane were born in 2024, the 756th most common name among boys that year.

1991peak 20092024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Ireland

1 in 18,000

In Ireland, 3 boys named Dane were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.

1964peak 19882025

share of that year’s name registrations

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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England and Wales

1 in 65,000

In England and Wales, 9 boys named Dane were born in 2025, ranked 2,440th among boys that year.

peak 20012025

share of that year’s name registrations

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Mexico City City

1 in 120,000

In Mexico City, there was 1 registration of Dane in 2022.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 1M

At the 2022 census, 211 people in Brazil were named Dane, ranked 24,462nd, with a median age of 35.
Among people named Dane living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

1970speak 1980s2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 1.9M

In Spain, 24 residents are named Dane, ranked 26,059th among men, with a mean age of 33.5 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Austria

last on record 2015

Dane is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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New South Wales

outside the top 100

Dane is not in the 2025 top 100 for New South Wales.

1970peak 19842025

share of that year’s top-100 registrations

New South Wales (not all of Australia) publishes only each year’s 100 most popular names per sex, so a missing year means below that top 100, not rare. Source: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, popular baby names

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New Zealand

last on record 2016

Dane is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

1970peak 19902025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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Scotland

last on record 2006

Dane is not on the 2024 record for Scotland, where spellings under 3 in total are suppressed at source.

1974peak 20012024

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names

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Not on the record in Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Dane

Most people given the name Dane in the United States were born between 1970 and 2009. The Dane you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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