Dimple
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784
- Peak · girls
- 1919 · 77 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,442since 1893
Dimple over time
Rank among girls' names. Dimple has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
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| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,150 | 14 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,812 | 15 |
| 1952 | #3,040 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,664 | 26 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,069 | 45 |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 |
| 1935 | #925 | 56 |
| 1934 | #905 | 57 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 |
| 1930 | #1,052 | 49 |
| 1929 | #915 | 61 |
| 1928 | #1,015 | 54 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #843 | 76 |
| 1925 | #913 | 66 |
| 1924 | #849 | 78 |
| 1923 | #907 | 65 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 |
| 1921 | #935 | 63 |
| 1920 | #836 | 75 |
| 1919 | #800 | 77 |
| 1918 | #937 | 58 |
| 1917 | #964 | 52 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #979 | 46 |
| 1914 | #1,034 | 33 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 |
| 1911 | #1,171 | 15 |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 |
| 1904 | #1,092 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 |
| 1902 | #1,075 | 11 |
| 1901 | #1,067 | 10 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Dimple! It came in at #1,175, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1894–1897, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Dimple
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Biggest jump: 426 spots in 1906 (#1,298 → #872)
- Biggest drop: 512 spots in 1907 (#872 → #1,384)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1919 at #800 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1915–1927
- Highest: 1 in 14,677 girls born in 1919 were named Dimple (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 365,429 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 27.3% of all girls named Dimple (666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 25 | #1,099 (1899) | #1,148 |
| 1900s | 119 | #872 (1906) | #1,140 |
| 1910s | 399 | #800 (1919) | #1,016 |
| 1920s | 666 | #836 (1920) | #907 |
| 1930s | 467 | #905 (1934) | #1,043 |
| 1940s | 286 | #1,218 (1940) | #1,675 |
| 1950s | 166 | #2,027 (1954) | #2,831 |
| 1960s | 73 | #3,402 (1965) | #4,926 |
| 1970s | 67 | #4,854 (1975) | #6,672 |
| 1980s | 110 | #4,963 (1981) | #6,261 |
| 1990s | 59 | #7,880 (1990) | #10,920 |
| 2000s | 5 | #15,784 (2003) | #15,784 |
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.
Dimple in 1893
Top girls' names in 1893
More about 1893
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212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 30,415 of them was named Dimple, which outranked 28.9% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,091Woodie8
- #1,091Zelpha8
- #1,091Zoa8
- #1,175Dimple7
- #1,175Adelaida7
- #1,175Adelle7
- #1,175Agda7
- #1,277Affie6
- #1,277Agness6
- #1,277Aida6
Tied with 101 names at #1,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.