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.

Dal

#6,366 most common boys' name of all time · #15,911 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#6,366
Rank overall
#15,911 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
628
Since 2016
53
Peak year
1957 #1,824
Best rank
#1,798 1944
Girls Boys peak 20/yr
192019401960198020002020

Dal first appears in 1915. 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
2025 — 6 6 #10,796
2024 — 6 6 #11,045
2023 — 7 7 #9,847
2022 — 8 8 #9,075
2020 — 7 7 #9,641
2019 — 6 6 #10,920
2017 — 6 6 #10,926
2016 — 7 7 #9,769
2015 — 7 7 #9,680
2014 — 10 10 #7,626
2013 — 8 8 #8,893
2012 — 5 5 #12,409
2010 — 6 6 #10,895
1986 — 5 5 #6,932
1985 — 9 9 #4,431
1984 — 6 6 #5,728
1983 — 5 5 #6,448
1974 — 5 5 #5,405
1973 — 6 6 #4,670
1972 — 5 5 #5,192
1971 — 6 6 #4,550
1970 — 8 8 #3,653
1969 — 11 11 #2,756
1968 — 9 9 #2,996
1967 — 13 13 #2,297
1966 — 9 9 #2,887
1965 — 8 8 #3,126
1964 — 12 12 #2,491
1963 — 15 15 #2,173
1962 — 12 12 #2,452
1961 — 13 13 #2,378
1960 — 14 14 #2,273
1959 — 13 13 #2,367
1958 — 12 12 #2,455
1957 — 20 20 #1,824
1956 — 13 13 #2,329
1955 — 8 8 #3,103
1954 — 17 17 #1,934
1953 — 12 12 #2,356
1952 — 10 10 #2,632
1951 — 10 10 #2,612
1950 — 7 7 #3,218
1949 — 11 11 #2,428
1948 — 7 7 #3,197
1947 — 9 9 #2,811
1946 — 5 5 #3,789
1945 — 6 6 #3,213
1944 — 16 16 #1,798
1943 — 13 13 #2,163
1942 — 11 11 #2,361
1941 — 13 13 #2,070
1940 — 11 11 #2,307
1939 — 13 13 #2,038
1938 — 9 9 #2,604
1937 — 11 11 #2,308
1935 — 9 9 #2,682
1934 — 9 9 #2,694
1933 — 9 9 #2,703
1932 — 7 7 #3,287
1931 — 7 7 #3,304
1929 — 7 7 #3,464
1927 — 10 10 #2,869
1926 — 5 5 #4,489
1925 — 5 5 #4,518
1924 — 6 6 #4,118
1923 — 7 7 #3,697
1921 — 6 6 #4,100
1920 — 6 6 #4,077
1918 — 5 5 #4,479
1917 — 5 5 #4,289
1915 — 8 8 #3,038