Given name
Dasan
“a great ruler”
Dasan is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “a great ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a great ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dasan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 638
- 638 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,406 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,406 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 37.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 475 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dasan’s family of names
Dasan may belong to the same name family as DASSAN. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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