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Dain

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Dain is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
180.00% of boys
Peak year
197862 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1943
1,983people given the name
Babies named Dain, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,983 boys have been named Dain in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 62 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1988, and the 1980s alone account for 23%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Dain
1940s41
1950s94
1960s155
1970s331
1980s455
1990s348
2000s330
2010s168
2020s61

In 1978, its biggest year

Dain was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1978 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1978.

Names that rose and fell with Dain

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.