How Many People Are Named Dathan?
An estimated 1,506 people in the United States have the first name Dathan. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Dathan peaked in popularity in 2005 with 53 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Dathan as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Dathan paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,506
About 1 in 227,593 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
2005
53 births
Total Registered
1,563
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Dathan
Dathan is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 1,563 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Dathan as a male name
Ranked #8,441 in 2024
9 male births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (53 births)
Dathan: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Dathan span from the 1950s to the 2020s, covering 8 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 419 babies were registered. Dathan has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Dathan by Decade
How has Dathan tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Dathan by State
Birth registrations for Dathan span all 5 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, Oklahoma. The lowest are in Mississippi, Georgia, Oklahoma. On average, about 26 Dathans were registered per state.
Dathan + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Dathan as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Dathan
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Dathan: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Dathan?
We estimate approximately 1,506 people named Dathan are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 227,593 Americans share this first name.
Is Dathan a common name?
Dathan is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,563 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Dathan most popular?
Dathan reached peak popularity in 2005, when 53 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Dathan is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Dathan a male name?
Dathan is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Dathan Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Dathan Smith, Dathan Johnson, Dathan Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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