Dalen
#3,153 most common boys' name of all time · #7,647 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1941–2025
Rank among boys
#3,153
Rank overall
#7,647 of 105,966
First appeared
1941
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
1,987
Since 2016
238
Peak year
2001 #1,321
Best rank
#1,321 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 99/yr
Dalen first appears in 1941. 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 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,929 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,482 |
| 2023 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,913 |
| 2022 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,012 |
| 2021 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,675 |
| 2020 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,449 |
| 2019 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,818 |
| 2018 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,372 |
| 2017 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2016 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,378 |
| 2015 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,535 |
| 2014 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,581 |
| 2013 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,361 |
| 2012 | — | 32 | 32 | #3,386 |
| 2011 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2010 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,904 |
| 2009 | — | 58 | 58 | #2,262 |
| 2008 | — | 50 | 50 | #2,525 |
| 2007 | — | 66 | 66 | #2,080 |
| 2006 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,901 |
| 2005 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #1,794 |
| 2004 | — | 65 | 65 | #1,894 |
| 2003 | — | 96 | 96 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | — | 73 | 73 | #1,641 |
| 2001 | — | 99 | 99 | #1,321 |
| 2000 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,499 |
| 1999 | — | 75 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1998 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,530 |
| 1997 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,712 |
| 1996 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,058 |
| 1995 | 6 | 41 | 47 | #2,040 |
| 1994 | — | 34 | 34 | #2,320 |
| 1993 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,478 |
| 1992 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,499 |
| 1991 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,863 |
| 1990 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,040 |
| 1989 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,376 |
| 1988 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,903 |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,781 |
| 1986 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,603 |
| 1985 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,882 |
| 1984 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #3,348 |
| 1983 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,745 |
| 1982 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,196 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,596 |
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,604 |
| 1979 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,685 |
| 1978 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,434 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,974 |
| 1976 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,176 |
| 1975 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,111 |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,869 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,803 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,192 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,716 |
| 1969 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,221 |
| 1968 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,039 |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,738 |
| 1965 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,442 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,227 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,437 |
| 1962 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,244 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1960 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,408 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,997 |
| 1957 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,492 |
| 1956 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,840 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,457 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,726 |
| 1952 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,674 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,652 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,985 |