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

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Peak · girls
1946 · 100 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,181
since 1912

Dayle over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #828, 1946peak #1,275, 1938girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#13,4776
2023
2022#11,2318
2021#15,2515
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#16,2155
2015#16,4195
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010#14,9596
2009#15,2426
2008#17,5045#12,5535
2007#15,4916
2006#8,23714
2005#10,9219
2004#10,6909
2003#7,58014#10,8945
2002#6,69816
2001#6,32217
2000#7,58013#9,1126
1999#7,23913
1998#4,95521
1997#4,66022#9,2655
1996#5,77116
1995#5,22118#6,9927
1994#6,31914#8,8005
1993#5,41917#7,6386
1992#5,71816
1991#6,58813#6,5197
1990#5,28617
1989#5,28616#6,2297
1988#5,32115#4,7869
1987#5,92312
1986#4,18619
1985#9,3076#5,7856
1984#5,53912#5,5616
1983#4,10918#4,1419
1982#5,91111
1981#4,34417
1980#4,51716
1979#6,18910#6,0565
1978#4,24216#5,0596
1977#5,88810#4,1648
1976#4,36314
1975#4,85412#3,9418
1974#4,04115#3,31810
1973#2,91423#3,6948
1972#3,71416#3,9637
1971#2,95523#2,81312
1970#2,52229#2,89111
1969#2,70424#3,5957
1968#2,20530
1967#2,63222#2,24213
1966#2,66821#2,21613
1965#2,74420#1,98716
1964#3,00018#1,85019
1963#2,30627#1,79220
1962#2,60522#1,89618
1961#1,95535#1,46730
1960#2,01332#2,12115
1959#1,46654#1,66523
1958#1,41756#1,37032
1957#1,57047#2,09315
1956#1,35159#1,53226
1955#1,26164#1,72520
1954#1,15474#1,49626
1953#1,01889#1,63022
1952#95496#1,74919
1951#1,07874#1,72519
1950#1,18361#1,43426
1949#98283#1,70219
1948#1,04172#1,65620
1947#1,00877#1,44926
1946#828100#1,47523
1945#1,35635#2,13111
1944#1,22442#1,48321
1943#1,55629#1,69918
1942#1,66825#1,86715
1941#2,27214#2,08312
1940#1,40429#1,68017
1939#1,58523#1,87914
1938#3,1818#1,27527
1937#3,1468#1,82815
1936#2,8579#1,41722
1935#2,9269#1,53820
1934#2,28913#1,93214
1933#1,45622
1932#1,84816
1931#1,53821
1930#1,82117
1929#1,84817
1928#1,56923
1927#4,2866#2,52311
1926#3,8737#2,30213
1925#3,3629#2,08915
1924#2,13215
1923#2,44612
1922#3,3799#1,95217
1921#2,15215
1920#3,5988#2,60211
1919#4,8145#1,53123
1918#3,02410#2,39812
1917#2,9568
1916#2,15213
1915#2,6219
1914#2,6517
1913#1,67611
1912#2,9795
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First appearance
1912

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1946 at #828 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1946–1952
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,713
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 30.9% of all girls named Dayle (674) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1965
  • Mostly boys until 1964, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s20#2,979 (1912)#3,606
1920s39#3,362 (1925)#3,700
1930s70#1,585 (1939)#2,664
1940s506#828 (1946)#1,334
1950s674#954 (1952)#1,245
1960s251#1,955 (1961)#2,483
1970s168#2,522 (1970)#4,168
1980s142#4,109 (1983)#5,444
1990s167#4,660 (1997)#5,718
2000s109#6,322 (2001)#10,627
2010s16#14,959 (2010)#15,864
2020s19#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 1961

girls
#1,955
35 births · 1 in 57,671 girls
boys
#1,467
30 births · 1 in 70,807 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,955Dayle35

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #1,467Dayle30
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 57,671 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 74.0% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dayle
  1. #1,921Valda36
  2. #1,921Vernessa36
  3. #1,921Walter36
  4. #1,955Dayle35
  5. #1,955Allyn35
  6. #1,955Arletta35
  7. #1,955Bunny35
  8. #2,004Adina34
  9. #2,004Balinda34
  10. #2,004Cherilyn34

Tied with 48 names at #1,955; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 70,807 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dayle
  1. #1,439Theodis31
  2. #1,439Theresa31
  3. #1,439Vidal31
  4. #1,467Dayle30
  5. #1,467Barrie30
  6. #1,467Brain30
  7. #1,467Cristobal30
  8. #1,496Abram29
  9. #1,496Ali29
  10. #1,496Baldemar29

Tied with 28 names at #1,467; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961