Dane is an established variant of Danny that peaked in 1986 and has grown less common since.
Dane is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #821 for boy births in the United States (and #1,687 across all names), given to 301 babies. Dane first appears in 1898 and peaked in 1986 (1,069 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 301 | 301 | — | #821 |
| 2024 | 276 | 276 | — | #873 |
| 2023 | 258 | 258 | — | #901 |
| 2022 | 277 | 277 | — | #869 |
| 2021 | 285 | 285 | — | #835 |
| 2020 | 273 | 273 | — | #834 |
| 2019 | 258 | 258 | #16,112 | #872 |
| 2018 | 315 | 315 | — | #748 |
| 2017 | 313 | 313 | — | #753 |
| 2016 | 361 | 361 | #14,769 | #695 |
| 2015 | 429 | 429 | #17,089 | #630 |
| 2014 | 423 | 423 | — | #623 |
| 2013 | 482 | 482 | — | #550 |
| 2012 | 573 | 573 | — | #476 |
| 2011 | 574 | 574 | — | #470 |
| 2010 | 689 | 689 | #17,648 | #411 |
| 2009 | 825 | 825 | #14,056 | #372 |
| 2008 | 924 | 924 | #15,871 | #349 |
| 2007 | 957 | 957 | #12,963 | #340 |
| 2006 | 769 | 769 | #13,946 | #392 |
| 2005 | 560 | 560 | — | #457 |
| 2004 | 537 | 537 | — | #469 |
| 2003 | 579 | 579 | #16,364 | #437 |
| 2002 | 545 | 545 | #8,997 | #456 |
| 2001 | 549 | 549 | — | #441 |
| 2000 | 589 | 589 | #13,576 | #423 |
| 1999 | 545 | 545 | — | #428 |
| 1998 | 455 | 455 | — | #481 |
| 1997 | 517 | — | #7,384 | #442 |
| 1996 | 525 | — | #9,785 | #435 |
| 1995 | 525 | — | #9,799 | #443 |
| 1994 | 530 | — | #9,000 | #436 |
| 1993 | 527 | — | #7,620 | #430 |
| 1992 | 566 | — | #6,383 | #410 |
| 1991 | 586 | — | #11,849 | #392 |
| 1990 | 744 | — | #13,458 | #335 |
| 1989 | 688 | — | #11,160 | #338 |
| 1988 | 775 | — | #5,387 | #299 |
| 1987 | 776 | — | #4,327 | #285 |
| 1986 | 1,080 | — | #6,253 | #221 |
| 1985 | 1,016 | — | #5,425 | #230 |
| 1984 | 647 | — | #6,392 | #306 |
| 1983 | 836 | — | #10,630 | #252 |
| 1982 | 411 | — | #5,276 | #419 |
| 1981 | 342 | — | #7,545 | #454 |
| 1980 | 326 | — | #10,744 | #468 |
| 1979 | 348 | — | #5,831 | #437 |
| 1978 | 268 | — | #6,509 | #505 |
| 1977 | 167 | — | — | #653 |
| 1976 | 168 | — | #5,288 | #654 |
| 1975 | 168 | — | #6,626 | #645 |
| 1974 | 174 | — | — | #610 |
| 1973 | 207 | — | — | #543 |
| 1972 | 205 | — | — | #559 |
| 1971 | 215 | — | #5,198 | #569 |
| 1970 | 241 | — | #7,245 | #527 |
| 1969 | 254 | — | #6,084 | #489 |
| 1968 | 255 | — | — | #475 |
| 1967 | 228 | — | #5,578 | #505 |
| 1966 | 184 | — | #6,779 | #568 |
| 1965 | 220 | — | #6,718 | #522 |
| 1964 | 350 | — | #5,095 | #431 |
| 1963 | 316 | — | — | #448 |
| 1962 | 288 | — | #5,403 | #473 |
| 1961 | 305 | — | #5,970 | #470 |
| 1960 | 293 | — | #6,547 | #468 |
| 1959 | 357 | — | — | #421 |
| 1958 | 293 | — | #5,542 | #462 |
| 1957 | 353 | — | — | #415 |
| 1956 | 291 | — | — | #442 |
| 1955 | 233 | — | #4,455 | #489 |
| 1954 | 280 | — | — | #429 |
| 1953 | 185 | — | #5,168 | #534 |
| 1952 | 189 | — | — | #507 |
| 1951 | 161 | — | — | #534 |
| 1950 | 157 | — | #4,842 | #550 |
| 1949 | 160 | — | — | #529 |
| 1948 | 144 | — | — | #557 |
| 1947 | 176 | — | — | #511 |
| 1946 | 145 | — | #4,536 | #542 |
| 1945 | 69 | — | — | #736 |
| 1944 | 29 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1943 | 27 | — | — | #1,350 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | — | #1,815 |
| 1941 | 23 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1940 | 29 | — | — | #1,254 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | — | #1,895 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1937 | 19 | — | — | #1,590 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | — | #1,426 |
| 1935 | 20 | — | — | #1,551 |
| 1934 | 26 | — | — | #1,329 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1932 | 24 | — | — | #1,436 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | — | #2,698 |
| 1930 | 20 | — | — | #1,656 |
| 1929 | 10 | — | — | #2,635 |
| 1928 | 16 | — | — | #1,980 |
| 1927 | 24 | — | — | #1,566 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1925 | 35 | — | — | #1,205 |
| 1924 | 21 | — | — | #1,735 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | — | #2,657 |
| 1922 | 17 | — | — | #1,968 |
| 1921 | 27 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | — | #2,065 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | — | #2,718 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | — | #1,924 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | — | #2,781 |
| 1916 | 7 | — | — | #3,247 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | — | #3,495 |
| 1914 | 11 | — | — | #2,000 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | — | #2,319 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,343 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | — | #1,164 |