Dan
18
Babies in 2024
+6%
10-year change
2005
Peak · 48
-18%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Dan
Dan peaked among UK boys' names in the late 2000s (48 babies in 2005) and has remained in active use — 18 boys were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Dan reached its peak in 2005, when 48 boys were registered in England & Wales — ranked #557 for UK boys that year. Today's count of 18 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 823 boys have been officially registered with the name Dan in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 220 boys were registered with the name, starting from 17 in 2014 and ending at 18 in 2024.