Dane

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Dane: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Dane: Recorded since 1979, it reached #62 in 1984, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
76times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#62highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2011	#5785

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2023: #584 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2813 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #88 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1979–1989
Highest recorded position: #62 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1984 (recorded 1979–1989).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dane appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 222 births with the name.

Dane across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Dane's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#292 (1979)	#145 (1988)	#829 (2025)	32 of 47	222 (1979–2025)	23 (1988)
England and Wales · Boys	#305 (1996)	#256 (2001)	#2813 (2023)	28 of 28	906 (1996–2023)	110 (2001)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#88 (1979)	#62 (1984)	#80 (1989)	11 of 11	1,115 (1979–1989)	137 (1984)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#240 (1998)	#240 (1998)	#281 (2002)	4 of 5	15 (1998–2002)	4 (1998)

Dane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Dane in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980sbusiest	72	6 of 10	12
1990s	47	8 of 10	6
2000s	67	9 of 10	7
2010s	24	6 of 10	4
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Dane appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #62 in New South Wales, Australia in 1984.

Dane's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#2813	7	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2730	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1991	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1511	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2248	9	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1920	11	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1119	24	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1688	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1218	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#964	27	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#987	25	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#764	33	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#678	38	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#678	35	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#509	47	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#436	51	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#256	110	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#261	109	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#400	56	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#424	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#386	58	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#305	80	High	Verified
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	101	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	137	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	120	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	114	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	male	#88	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#281	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#240	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#295	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#266	10	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#382	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	5	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	7	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	7	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#165	16	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	23	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 45 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #62, first reached in 1984.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 137 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1984.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1979, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Danann · #303, 14y
Danas · #403, 17y
Daneen · #1180, 18y
Dani · #306, 46y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Clinton · #59, 46y
Alanna · #66, 48y
Janette · #58, 45y
Jody · #67, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Casey · #61, 47y
Casper · #61, 46y
Farrah · #63, 31y
Erle · #64, 44y

Dane was ranked #62 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1984. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Dane and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Dane without appearing here.

Dane moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2730 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #4991.
Courtney Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3334 and #3334 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #2730 and #3990.
Brett Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #3449.
Garry Compare
In 2005 they stood at #351 and #299 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2006 that had become #295 and #493.

Moved ahead of Dane

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2813 and #1461.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2730 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3048 and #2018.
Ronny Compare
In 2010 they stood at #942 and #1055 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1688 and #812.
Fionn Compare
In 2010 they stood at #942 and #1082 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1688 and #831.

Moved the opposite way to Dane

Adam Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 while Adam went from #106 to #20.
Alex Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 while Alex went from #292 to #37.
Alexander Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 while Alexander went from #150 to #55.
Ben Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 while Ben went from #245 to #40.

Moved the same way as Dane

Adrian Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 and Adrian from #51 to #348.
Denis Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 and Denis from #53 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 and Edward from #41 to #125.
Erik Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Dane went from #292 to #829 and Erik from #324 to #468.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #62 in New South Wales, Australia in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Dane

Dane at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Dane across 4 official records

Dane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dane appears in

Popularity data

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Dane at a glance

Dane across 4 official records

Dane by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Dane appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Dane

Dane and the names beside it

Dane moved ahead of

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