Dane: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced DAYN · 1 syllable

From Middle English Dane, from Old Norse danir or Old English Dene. Both forms ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic *daniz.

How popular is Dane?

Dane was the #819 name in the US in 2025, given to 301 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 44% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Babies named Dane in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1980).

Half of US adults named Dane are older than 38; most are between 19 and 71. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Dane have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Dane is pronounced DAYN.

Dane was the #819 name in the US in 2025, given to 301 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 44% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1980.

Half of US adults named Dane are older than 38. Most are between 19 and 71.