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Baby name
Dan
Boy
Origin of the name
Dan is a short form of Daniel. In the Bible, Dan is also a son of Jacob, ancestor of one of the twelve tribes.
Classic name
106,554births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 111rank at its peak, in 1960
Where babies named Dan are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Dan is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Dan is most common in Montana (3.2 times), Wyoming (2.4) and Idaho (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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