Dane
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Dane
Dane is a more masculine Dana alternative, with added style edge. Dane has been on the US Top 1000 for more than seventy years, having entered the list in 1945.
Dane for boys#821 US
Dane makes a great middle name, as evidenced by January Jones' use of it for son Xander Dane.
Dane for girls
This rarely heard name pares down all the ultrafeminine Dan names to one that's much more powerful, for both boys and girls.
Pronounced DAYN.
As of October 2026, Dane ranked #821 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #221 in 1986, Nameberry popularity #346.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #623 | 423 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #630 | 424 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #695 | 355 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #750 | 313 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #748 | 315 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #872 | 253 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #834 | 273 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #835 | 284 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #869 | 277 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #903 | 257 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #880 | 273 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #821 | 301 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Dane for boys
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Famous Danes
- Dane DeHaanBoy
American actor
- Dane Aaron RumbleBoy
New Zealand singer of group Fast Crew
- Dane Jeffrey CookBoy
American comedian/actor
- Dane FletcherBoy
American NFL football player
- Dane SanzenbacherBoy
American NFL football player
- Dane David De La RosaBoy
American baseball player
- Dane BoedigheimerBoy
American web filmmaker of Annoying Orange
- Dane William DeHaanBoy
American actor
- Dane Clark (born Bernard Zanville)Boy
American actor
- Dane Leon BowersBoy
English R&B singer,songwriter of group Another Level
- Dane SwanBoy
Australian rules footballer
- Dane ChisholmBoy
Australian rugby league player
- Dane WilliamsBoy
child of Brady and Robyn Williams of the TLC show "My Five Wives"
- Dane van NiekerkGirl
South Africa Womens Cricket Captain
Dane in pop culture
- Saint DaneBoy
character in D.J. MacHale's Pendragon series
- Dane O'NeillBoy
character in Colleen McCullough's "The Thorn Birds"