Pronunciation
DAWN
Meaning
Poem; gift or talent; fate
Fun fact
Dán is the Irish word for a poem. It also has older meanings connected with a gift, an art or a person's fate. You'll hear dán grá for a love poem. Used as a name, this is a creative Irish word choice with a lovely connection to poetry.
Popularity in Ireland
Figures for the spelling Dán, Republic of Ireland.
The CSO only publishes names given to three or more babies in a year. “Less than 3” means zero, one or two babies, and these years appear as gaps on the graph.
Babies named in 2025Less than 3No published ranking
Number of babies registered each year
From 2018, spellings with and without fadas are counted separately. Earlier figures group these spellings together, so the graph has a break at 2018.
View yearly figures
| Year | Babies named | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2024 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2023 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2022 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2021 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2020 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2019 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2018 | Less than 3 | - |
| 2017 | 18 | #263 |
| 2016 | 23 | #229 |
| 2015 | 19 | #257 |
| 2014 | 27 | #215 |
| 2013 | 15 | #296 |
| 2012 | 27 | #215 |
| 2011 | 21 | #245 |
| 2010 | 17 | #278 |
| 2009 | 21 | #247 |
| 2008 | 17 | #267 |
| 2007 | 10 | #326 |
| 2006 | 10 | #295 |
| 2005 | 17 | #205 |
| 2004 | 11 | #244 |
| 2003 | 14 | #207 |
| 2002 | 7 | #292 |
| 2001 | 10 | #226 |
| 2000 | 9 | #223 |
| 1999 | 3 | #379 |
| 1998 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1997 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1996 | 3 | #369 |
| 1995 | 5 | #281 |
| 1994 | 7 | #237 |
| 1993 | 6 | #255 |
| 1992 | 5 | #267 |
| 1991 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1990 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1989 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1988 | 4 | #271 |
| 1987 | 3 | #303 |
| 1986 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1985 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1984 | 4 | #274 |
| 1983 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1982 | 7 | #235 |
| 1981 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1980 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1979 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1978 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1977 | 4 | #293 |
| 1976 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1975 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1974 | 4 | #288 |
| 1973 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1972 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1971 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1970 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1969 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1968 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1967 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1966 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1965 | Less than 3 | - |
| 1964 | Less than 3 | - |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies’ Names, tables VSA50 and VSA60. Latest year: 2025.
