Dale*
#125 most common boys' name of all time · #259 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1881–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#125
Rank overall
#259 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
300,043
Since 2016
1,389
Peak year
1958 #46
Best rank
#46 1952
Girls
Boys
peak 9,087/yr
Dale first appears in 1881. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 129 | 134 | #1,410 |
| 2024 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 5 | 130 | 135 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,552 |
| 2021 | 9 | 130 | 139 | #1,410 |
| 2020 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,354 |
| 2019 | — | 118 | 118 | #1,470 |
| 2018 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #1,386 |
| 2017 | 5 | 150 | 155 | #1,221 |
| 2016 | 8 | 173 | 181 | #1,126 |
| 2015 | — | 177 | 177 | #1,097 |
| 2014 | 5 | 181 | 186 | #1,070 |
| 2013 | 11 | 146 | 157 | #1,229 |
| 2012 | — | 165 | 165 | #1,115 |
| 2011 | — | 166 | 166 | #1,109 |
| 2010 | 5 | 190 | 195 | #1,019 |
| 2009 | — | 225 | 225 | #920 |
| 2008 | 10 | 261 | 271 | #836 |
| 2007 | 8 | 284 | 292 | #772 |
| 2006 | 7 | 290 | 297 | #735 |
| 2005 | 10 | 323 | 333 | #662 |
| 2004 | 9 | 353 | 362 | #607 |
| 2003 | 14 | 408 | 422 | #550 |
| 2002 | 13 | 466 | 479 | #496 |
| 2001 | 22 | 612 | 634 | #410 |
| 2000 | 12 | 407 | 419 | #536 |
| 1999 | 10 | 442 | 452 | #495 |
| 1998 | 22 | 483 | 505 | #466 |
| 1997 | 18 | 503 | 521 | #446 |
| 1996 | 20 | 555 | 575 | #412 |
| 1995 | 25 | 570 | 595 | #402 |
| 1994 | 41 | 650 | 691 | #365 |
| 1993 | 28 | 641 | 669 | #370 |
| 1992 | 37 | 703 | 740 | #341 |
| 1991 | 27 | 759 | 786 | #330 |
| 1990 | 37 | 907 | 944 | #285 |
| 1989 | 33 | 855 | 888 | #288 |
| 1988 | 31 | 883 | 914 | #267 |
| 1987 | 38 | 931 | 969 | #248 |
| 1986 | 43 | 980 | 1,023 | #237 |
| 1985 | 41 | 1,093 | 1,134 | #219 |
| 1984 | 44 | 1,032 | 1,076 | #220 |
| 1983 | 51 | 1,096 | 1,147 | #212 |
| 1982 | 52 | 1,132 | 1,184 | #215 |
| 1981 | 48 | 1,248 | 1,296 | #197 |
| 1980 | 55 | 1,237 | 1,292 | #198 |
| 1979 | 46 | 1,274 | 1,320 | #188 |
| 1978 | 63 | 1,323 | 1,386 | #176 |
| 1977 | 49 | 1,360 | 1,409 | #176 |
| 1976 | 78 | 1,480 | 1,558 | #161 |
| 1975 | 61 | 1,528 | 1,589 | #159 |
| 1974 | 70 | 1,688 | 1,758 | #145 |
| 1973 | 75 | 1,802 | 1,877 | #141 |
| 1972 | 97 | 2,062 | 2,159 | #131 |
| 1971 | 141 | 2,545 | 2,686 | #125 |
| 1970 | 170 | 3,003 | 3,173 | #110 |
| 1969 | 188 | 3,154 | 3,342 | #96 |
| 1968 | 151 | 3,257 | 3,408 | #91 |
| 1967 | 167 | 3,537 | 3,704 | #89 |
| 1966 | 220 | 3,985 | 4,205 | #85 |
| 1965 | 258 | 4,397 | 4,655 | #83 |
| 1964 | 317 | 5,158 | 5,475 | #72 |
| 1963 | 367 | 5,700 | 6,067 | #69 |
| 1962 | 379 | 6,365 | 6,744 | #62 |
| 1961 | 448 | 7,193 | 7,641 | #58 |
| 1960 | 534 | 7,677 | 8,211 | #54 |
| 1959 | 529 | 8,343 | 8,872 | #49 |
| 1958 | 585 | 8,502 | 9,087 | #46 |
| 1957 | 665 | 7,866 | 8,531 | #50 |
| 1956 | 834 | 7,720 | 8,554 | #50 |
| 1955 | 1,001 | 7,182 | 8,183 | #52 |
| 1954 | 1,095 | 7,439 | 8,534 | #50 |
| 1953 | 1,053 | 7,350 | 8,403 | #48 |
| 1952 | 1,108 | 7,417 | 8,525 | #46 |
| 1951 | 927 | 6,963 | 7,890 | #49 |
| 1950 | 844 | 6,785 | 7,629 | #49 |
| 1949 | 875 | 6,229 | 7,104 | #54 |
| 1948 | 855 | 6,091 | 6,946 | #56 |
| 1947 | 817 | 5,936 | 6,753 | #63 |
| 1946 | 662 | 5,024 | 5,686 | #62 |
| 1945 | 487 | 3,957 | 4,444 | #62 |
| 1944 | 432 | 3,990 | 4,422 | #61 |
| 1943 | 445 | 4,235 | 4,680 | #59 |
| 1942 | 386 | 3,863 | 4,249 | #63 |
| 1941 | 324 | 3,791 | 4,115 | #59 |
| 1940 | 303 | 3,699 | 4,002 | #57 |
| 1939 | 280 | 3,531 | 3,811 | #59 |
| 1938 | 209 | 3,690 | 3,899 | #56 |
| 1937 | 182 | 3,340 | 3,522 | #59 |
| 1936 | 196 | 3,393 | 3,589 | #59 |
| 1935 | 153 | 3,274 | 3,427 | #61 |
| 1934 | 115 | 3,241 | 3,356 | #62 |
| 1933 | 65 | 2,925 | 2,990 | #65 |
| 1932 | 84 | 3,140 | 3,224 | #61 |
| 1931 | 75 | 3,008 | 3,083 | #62 |
| 1930 | 97 | 2,994 | 3,091 | #64 |
| 1929 | 69 | 2,664 | 2,733 | #73 |
| 1928 | 86 | 2,640 | 2,726 | #75 |
| 1927 | 89 | 2,503 | 2,592 | #81 |
| 1926 | 79 | 2,398 | 2,477 | #84 |
| 1925 | 84 | 2,302 | 2,386 | #86 |
| 1924 | 98 | 2,396 | 2,494 | #84 |
| 1923 | 86 | 2,172 | 2,258 | #90 |
| 1922 | 62 | 2,041 | 2,103 | #89 |
| 1921 | 73 | 1,956 | 2,029 | #93 |
| 1920 | 65 | 1,680 | 1,745 | #105 |
| 1919 | 73 | 1,428 | 1,501 | #112 |
| 1918 | 73 | 1,491 | 1,564 | #111 |
| 1917 | 57 | 1,248 | 1,305 | #120 |
| 1916 | 57 | 1,161 | 1,218 | #121 |
| 1915 | 53 | 1,081 | 1,134 | #125 |
| 1914 | 33 | 691 | 724 | #142 |
| 1913 | 28 | 472 | 500 | #155 |
| 1912 | 35 | 371 | 406 | #159 |
| 1911 | 26 | 150 | 176 | #203 |
| 1910 | 24 | 125 | 149 | #207 |
| 1909 | 13 | 102 | 115 | #211 |
| 1908 | 17 | 100 | 117 | #203 |
| 1907 | 10 | 73 | 83 | #243 |
| 1906 | 9 | 66 | 75 | #240 |
| 1905 | 11 | 65 | 76 | #244 |
| 1904 | 12 | 53 | 65 | #263 |
| 1903 | 7 | 56 | 63 | #251 |
| 1902 | 14 | 63 | 77 | #228 |
| 1901 | 9 | 40 | 49 | #274 |
| 1900 | 16 | 54 | 70 | #283 |
| 1899 | 10 | 41 | 51 | #273 |
| 1898 | 7 | 40 | 47 | #297 |
| 1897 | 10 | 39 | 49 | #296 |
| 1896 | 7 | 36 | 43 | #314 |
| 1895 | 11 | 26 | 37 | #382 |
| 1894 | 10 | 28 | 38 | #348 |
| 1893 | 7 | 18 | 25 | #447 |
| 1892 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #414 |
| 1891 | 5 | 17 | 22 | #440 |
| 1890 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #532 |
| 1889 | — | 19 | 19 | #432 |
| 1888 | 6 | 15 | 21 | #525 |
| 1887 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #581 |
| 1886 | — | 17 | 17 | #450 |
| 1885 | — | 25 | 25 | #354 |
| 1884 | — | 10 | 10 | #658 |
| 1883 | — | 11 | 11 | #596 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #810 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #849 |