as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name representing a dialect variant of Dean that was common in south-east England, rather than an ethnic name for someone from Denmark. The latter sense may be behind the given name in some cases.
| 1,274th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,541
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 24,619
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Hawaii
- has the most people named Dane per capita
- 1986
- marked the height of its popularity
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34%
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39%
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Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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