Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Dail**

#6,532 most common boys' name of all time · #16,352 across all names · 76% male / 24% female · used 1912–1993 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#6,532
Rank overall
#16,352 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
604
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1952 #2,213
Best rank
#1,697 1921
Girls Boys peak 29/yr
1920194019601980

Dail first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1993 — 5 5 #8,837
1967 — 5 5 #4,131
1966 — 8 8 #3,091
1965 — 10 10 #2,676
1964 — 6 6 #3,747
1963 — 5 5 #4,220
1962 — 8 8 #3,146
1961 — 9 9 #2,988
1960 8 — 8 —
1959 6 — 6 —
1958 7 7 14 #3,390
1957 — 12 12 #2,443
1956 7 8 15 #3,079
1955 10 9 19 #2,859
1954 7 10 17 #2,670
1953 12 6 18 #3,571
1952 16 13 29 #2,213
1951 5 5 10 #3,888
1950 8 8 16 #2,897
1949 6 6 12 #3,462
1948 5 9 14 #2,698
1947 8 15 23 #2,041
1946 6 8 14 #2,795
1945 8 9 17 #2,495
1944 7 6 13 #3,262
1943 — 11 11 #2,361
1942 5 7 12 #3,083
1941 8 8 16 #2,794
1940 — 7 7 #2,993
1938 — 8 8 #2,760
1937 — 11 11 #2,282
1936 6 — 6 —
1935 — 9 9 #2,650
1934 — 7 7 #3,122
1933 — 11 11 #2,324
1932 — 12 12 #2,282
1931 — 7 7 #3,228
1930 — 11 11 #2,551
1929 — 5 5 #4,137
1928 — 13 13 #2,356
1927 — 10 10 #2,830
1926 — 6 6 #3,875
1925 — 6 6 #3,885
1924 — 10 10 #2,933
1923 — 11 11 #2,719
1922 — 6 6 #3,990
1921 — 22 22 #1,697
1920 — 14 14 #2,310
1919 — 18 18 #1,873
1918 — 11 11 #2,660
1917 — 7 7 #3,337
1916 — 6 6 #3,658
1915 — 5 5 #3,984
1914 — 8 8 #2,586
1912 — 5 5 #2,762