Dale
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #1,409 for boys in 2025, 129 births
Given to boys 92.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 8,502 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 49 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 278,156since 1881
Dale over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,409 | 129 |
| 2024 | — | #1,308 | 149 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #1,408 | 130 |
| 2022 | — | #1,551 | 115 | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #1,407 | 130 |
| 2020 | — | #1,353 | 131 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,468 | 118 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,385 | 127 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #1,219 | 150 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #1,124 | 173 |
| 2015 | — | #1,096 | 177 | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #1,070 | 181 |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | #1,229 | 146 |
| 2012 | — | #1,115 | 165 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,108 | 166 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #1,019 | 190 |
| 2009 | — | #920 | 225 | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #836 | 261 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #772 | 284 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #735 | 290 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #662 | 323 |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | #607 | 353 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #550 | 408 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | #496 | 466 |
| 2001 | #5,174 | 22 | #410 | 612 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 | #536 | 407 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #495 | 442 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #466 | 483 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | #446 | 503 |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | #412 | 555 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | #401 | 570 |
| 1994 | #2,877 | 41 | #365 | 650 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #370 | 641 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | #341 | 703 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 | #330 | 759 |
| 1990 | #3,022 | 37 | #285 | 907 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #288 | 855 |
| 1988 | #3,165 | 31 | #267 | 883 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 | #248 | 931 |
| 1986 | #2,344 | 43 | #237 | 980 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 | #219 | 1,093 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | #220 | 1,032 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 | #212 | 1,096 |
| 1982 | #1,991 | 52 | #215 | 1,132 |
| 1981 | #2,119 | 48 | #197 | 1,248 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 | #198 | 1,237 |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 | #188 | 1,274 |
| 1978 | #1,669 | 63 | #176 | 1,323 |
| 1977 | #1,976 | 49 | #176 | 1,360 |
| 1976 | #1,373 | 78 | #161 | 1,480 |
| 1975 | #1,604 | 61 | #159 | 1,528 |
| 1974 | #1,438 | 70 | #145 | 1,688 |
| 1973 | #1,339 | 75 | #141 | 1,802 |
| 1972 | #1,133 | 97 | #131 | 2,062 |
| 1971 | #919 | 141 | #125 | 2,545 |
| 1970 | #813 | 170 | #110 | 3,003 |
| 1969 | #739 | 188 | #96 | 3,154 |
| 1968 | #826 | 151 | #91 | 3,257 |
| 1967 | #761 | 167 | #89 | 3,537 |
| 1966 | #648 | 220 | #85 | 3,985 |
| 1965 | #602 | 258 | #83 | 4,397 |
| 1964 | #556 | 317 | #72 | 5,158 |
| 1963 | #510 | 367 | #69 | 5,700 |
| 1962 | #497 | 379 | #62 | 6,365 |
| 1961 | #462 | 448 | #58 | 7,193 |
| 1960 | #418 | 534 | #54 | 7,677 |
| 1959 | #411 | 529 | #49 | 8,343 |
| 1958 | #381 | 585 | #46 | 8,502 |
| 1957 | #353 | 665 | #50 | 7,866 |
| 1956 | #308 | 834 | #50 | 7,720 |
| 1955 | #271 | 1,001 | #52 | 7,182 |
| 1954 | #247 | 1,095 | #50 | 7,439 |
| 1953 | #250 | 1,053 | #48 | 7,350 |
| 1952 | #236 | 1,108 | #46 | 7,417 |
| 1951 | #250 | 927 | #49 | 6,963 |
| 1950 | #263 | 844 | #49 | 6,785 |
| 1949 | #257 | 875 | #54 | 6,229 |
| 1948 | #258 | 855 | #56 | 6,091 |
| 1947 | #267 | 817 | #63 | 5,936 |
| 1946 | #287 | 662 | #62 | 5,024 |
| 1945 | #309 | 487 | #61 | 3,957 |
| 1944 | #330 | 432 | #61 | 3,990 |
| 1943 | #335 | 445 | #59 | 4,235 |
| 1942 | #357 | 386 | #63 | 3,863 |
| 1941 | #378 | 324 | #59 | 3,791 |
| 1940 | #382 | 303 | #57 | 3,699 |
| 1939 | #401 | 280 | #59 | 3,531 |
| 1938 | #466 | 209 | #56 | 3,690 |
| 1937 | #485 | 182 | #59 | 3,340 |
| 1936 | #457 | 196 | #59 | 3,393 |
| 1935 | #519 | 153 | #61 | 3,274 |
| 1934 | #617 | 115 | #62 | 3,241 |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | #65 | 2,925 |
| 1932 | #734 | 84 | #61 | 3,140 |
| 1931 | #777 | 75 | #62 | 3,008 |
| 1930 | #699 | 97 | #64 | 2,994 |
| 1929 | #855 | 69 | #73 | 2,664 |
| 1928 | #773 | 86 | #75 | 2,640 |
| 1927 | #766 | 89 | #81 | 2,503 |
| 1926 | #824 | 79 | #84 | 2,398 |
| 1925 | #806 | 84 | #86 | 2,302 |
| 1924 | #747 | 98 | #84 | 2,396 |
| 1923 | #786 | 86 | #90 | 2,172 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 | #89 | 2,041 |
| 1921 | #862 | 73 | #93 | 1,956 |
| 1920 | #903 | 65 | #105 | 1,680 |
| 1919 | #823 | 73 | #112 | 1,428 |
| 1918 | #843 | 73 | #111 | 1,491 |
| 1917 | #916 | 57 | #120 | 1,248 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 | #121 | 1,161 |
| 1915 | #900 | 53 | #125 | 1,081 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 | #142 | 691 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | #155 | 472 |
| 1912 | #846 | 35 | #159 | 371 |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | #203 | 150 |
| 1910 | #877 | 24 | #205 | 125 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #207 | 102 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 | #203 | 100 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #242 | 73 |
| 1906 | #1,321 | 9 | #240 | 66 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 | #241 | 65 |
| 1904 | #1,050 | 12 | #260 | 53 |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | #248 | 56 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | #226 | 63 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | #272 | 40 |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 | #281 | 54 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 | #266 | 41 |
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | #288 | 40 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | #288 | 39 |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | #312 | 36 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | #368 | 26 |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | #336 | 28 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | #435 | 18 |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | #404 | 22 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | #427 | 17 |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | #511 | 14 |
| 1889 | — | #415 | 19 | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | #544 | 11 |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #344 | 25 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #556 | 11 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Dale! It came in at #781, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dale
- 101 spots since 2024 (#1,308 → #1,409)
- 56 spots since 2020 (#1,353 → #1,409)
- 313 spots since 2015 (#1,096 → #1,409)
- Biggest jump: 269 spots in 1885 (#613 → #344)
- Biggest drop: 113 spots in 1887 (#431 → #544)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1958 at #46 (8,502 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 49 yrs · run 1921–1969
- Top 1,000: 129 yrs · run 1881–2009
- Highest: 1 in 250 boys born in 1958 were named Dale (0.40%)
- Latest: 1 in 13,241 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.2% of all boys named Dale (75,567) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 121 | #344 (1885) | #549 |
| 1890s | 281 | #266 (1899) | #364 |
| 1900s | 672 | #203 (1908) | #242 |
| 1910s | 8,218 | #111 (1918) | #145 |
| 1920s | 22,752 | #73 (1929) | #86 |
| 1930s | 32,536 | #56 (1938) | #61 |
| 1940s | 46,815 | #54 (1949) | #60 |
| 1950s | 75,567 | #46 (1958) | #49 |
| 1960s | 50,423 | #54 (1960) | #76 |
| 1970s | 18,065 | #110 (1970) | #151 |
| 1980s | 10,487 | #197 (1981) | #230 |
| 1990s | 6,213 | #285 (1990) | #391 |
| 2000s | 3,629 | #410 (2001) | #652 |
| 2010s | 1,593 | #1,019 (2010) | #1,183 |
| 2020s | 784 | #1,308 (2024) | #1,406 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dale in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 10,864 of them was named Dale, which outranked 89.9% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #820Maryellen153
- #824Carlene152
- #824Diann152
- #826Dale151
- #826Dona151
- #826Holli151
- #826Milagros151
- #831Elvira150
- #831Freda150
- #831Tamala150
Tied with 4 names at #826; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 534 of them was named Dale, which outranked 98.1% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.