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Dale

Pronounced /deɪl/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1952 · #236
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:149 in 2024 (#1,307)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Dale in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1952 with 1,108 babies, ranked #236.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1887.
  • 21,882 girls have been named Dale since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Dale per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.4
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. <0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,197 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 3,988 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Boomers: 13,895 babies, 0.39 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,889 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Millennials: 596 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 160 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 48 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/deɪl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Dale, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Dalia

    Rank
    #861
    Born '24
    312
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19942024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Dayla

    Rank
    #2,270
    Born '24
    82
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Dayle

    Rank
    #14,816
    Born '24
    6
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19462024