Dayle
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 65.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,181since 1912
Dayle 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,351 | 59 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,154 | 74 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,183 | 61 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #982 | 83 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,008 | 77 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #828 | 100 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,356 | 35 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,224 | 42 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dayle! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dayle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1946 (#1,356 → #828)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1950 (#982 → #1,183)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1946 at #828 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1946–1952
- Highest: 1 in 15,713 girls born in 1946 were named Dayle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all girls named Dayle (674) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1964, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,606 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,362 (1925) | #3,700 |
| 1930s | 70 | #1,585 (1939) | #2,664 |
| 1940s | 506 | #828 (1946) | #1,334 |
| 1950s | 674 | #954 (1952) | #1,245 |
| 1960s | 251 | #1,955 (1961) | #2,483 |
| 1970s | 168 | #2,522 (1970) | #4,168 |
| 1980s | 142 | #4,109 (1983) | #5,444 |
| 1990s | 167 | #4,660 (1997) | #5,718 |
| 2000s | 109 | #6,322 (2001) | #10,627 |
| 2010s | 16 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,864 |
| 2020s | 19 | #11,231 (2022) | #13,320 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dayle in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 23,023 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 83.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 70,369 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 66.0% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,425Vernard27
- #1,425Willy27
- #1,425Winton27
- #1,449Dayle26
- #1,449Agapito26
- #1,449Anselmo26
- #1,449Augustin26
- #1,482Abelardo25
- #1,482Arland25
- #1,482Beryl25
Tied with 32 names at #1,449; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.