Dell
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 61.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,008since 1880
Dell over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #1,080 | 57 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,186 | 44 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #1,165 | 42 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #875 | 67 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | #916 | 63 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | #1,020 | 52 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #982 | 59 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #950 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | #837 | 81 |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 | #871 | 77 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | #854 | 77 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | #885 | 70 |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 | #892 | 68 |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 | #774 | 84 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #885 | 60 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | #891 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #842 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | #848 | 60 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | #837 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | #928 | 51 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | #870 | 53 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 | #939 | 45 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | #923 | 47 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,008 | 47 | #895 | 48 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,197 | 42 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,114 | 47 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | #465 | 15 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dell was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,930 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #10,695)
- 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1888 (#921 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 430 spots in 1887 (#491 → #921)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #465 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,153
- Highest: 1 in 7,153 boys born in 1884 were named Dell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #465 in 1880, was only 1 in 7,366 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 17.7% of all boys named Dell (711) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1925
- Mostly girls until 1924, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 123 | #465 (1880) | #569 |
| 1890s | 97 | #567 (1894) | #703 |
| 1900s | 79 | #615 (1902) | #920 |
| 1910s | 312 | #859 (1910) | #1,014 |
| 1920s | 407 | #1,001 (1927) | #1,116 |
| 1930s | 464 | #770 (1939) | #948 |
| 1940s | 549 | #837 (1945) | #893 |
| 1950s | 711 | #774 (1953) | #873 |
| 1960s | 599 | #837 (1960) | #983 |
| 1970s | 254 | #1,080 (1970) | #2,149 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,204 (1981) | #3,318 |
| 1990s | 108 | #2,952 (1990) | #5,109 |
| 2000s | 81 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,319 |
| 2010s | 43 | #8,781 (2014) | #9,592 |
| 2020s | 34 | #7,765 (2024) | #10,223 |
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.
Dell in 1885
boys
#498
14 births · 1 in 7,700 boys
Top boys' names in 1885
More about 1885
boys
107,799 boys got a published name in 1885; 1 in 7,700 of them was named Dell, which outranked 54.6% of the 1,097 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).