Dacen

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Dacen by the numbers

Dacen was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 14 babies in 2011, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Dacen

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Dacen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Davenbeloved; a modern form of David41 in the US (2017)
  • Daren7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Damen30 in the US (2017)
  • Dalen21 in the US (2017)
  • Dace16 in the US (2017)
  • Daxen13 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Dacen

Names that are said the same way as Dacen, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Dawsonson of David2,068 in the US (2017)
  • Daysonson of David; modern patronymic respelling of Dawson45 in the US (2017)
  • Dawsenson of David; variant of Dawson31 in the US (2017)
  • Dasean18 in the US (2017)
  • Dason16 in the US (2017)
  • Dawsin8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Dacen

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