Fun Facts About the Name Dasan
- 638 babies named Dasan: U.S. records list 638 babies given the name Dasan from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Dasan Mean?
Dasan has two separate origins, and they give the name two different meanings. In Korean it is written 다산 in hangul and 茶山 in hanja, from 茶 "tea" and 山 "mountain," so literally "tea mountain." In South India the name goes back to Sanskrit dāsa, "servant" or "slave," a word used in devotional language for a servant of God, that is, a devotee; the Dravidian masculine ending -an gives the form Dāsaṉ, spelled Dasan in English.
The Korean and Indian names are spelled alike only by coincidence. The Korean name has nothing to do with Sanskrit dāsa, and other names that look similar should not be assumed to share either origin.
Dasan Name History & Origins
In Korea, Dasan is the pen name (ho) of Jeong Yak-yong (1762 - 1836), a scholar of the Silhak, or Practical Learning, movement. He was born in Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province, and after the persecution of Catholics in 1801 he was exiled to Gangjin in Jeollanam-do, where he remained about eighteen years. He named his retreat there Dasan Chodang, "Dasan thatched hall," after the tea plants on the slope behind it. The Sino-Korean reading of 茶 as da, rather than the more familiar cha, is what produces the form Dasan. He wrote several major works in exile, among them the Mongmin Simseo, a manual for local officials, and the Heumheum Sinseo, on criminal cases. Through him the name is familiar in Korea chiefly as a literary name, and it also appears in institutional names such as Seoul's Dasan Call Center.
In South India, Dasan belongs to a broad family of names and titles built on Sanskrit dāsa. In Tamil and Malayalam the word (Tamil தாசன், tācaṉ) means "servant" and carries the devotional sense of "servant of God," so it is used both as a name in its own right and as an element in longer devotional names. It is a male given name in Kerala and Tamil Nadu and among South Indian communities elsewhere.
How Popular is the Name Dasan?
Dasan has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2005. Its best rank was #2,579 in 2005.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,406 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,157 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #5,994 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2022 | #7,372 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #9,007 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #3,743 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2019 | #5,876 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2018 | #4,506 | 22 | 0.0012% |
| 2017 | #11,076 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #7,719 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2015 | #12,494 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #6,724 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,020 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #4,037 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2011 | #6,016 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #4,263 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2009 | #4,311 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2008 | #4,576 | 21 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #4,033 | 25 | 0.0012% |
| 2006 | #3,168 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #2,579 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 2004 | #3,550 | 26 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #3,755 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #2,829 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #3,001 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2000 | #3,561 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #3,044 | 27 | 0.0014% |
| 1998 | #3,734 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 1997 | #4,723 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #5,580 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #7,122 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #6,828 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #8,478 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1990 | #7,377 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1984 | #5,733 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1982 | #5,809 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1979 | #6,258 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #5,199 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1976 | #5,793 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #4,936 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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