Dale Name Popularity

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How popular is Dale?

In 2018 the uncommon name Dale, ranked the 1,388th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Dale is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #46 for the first time in 1952 and as recently as 1958 with 8,483 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Dale was less than 5, most recently in 1880.

Approximately during the years 1882-1885, 1891-1896, 1897-1900, 1904-1924, 1927-1930, and 1942-1950, the name Dale took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1964-1977, 2001-2004, and 2005-2011.

Dale's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Dale for their newborn has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Dale?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Dale is still rare and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Dale has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Dale (Girl)		Dale (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		5	16,151	126	1,388
2017		5	16,397	150	1,219
2016		7	13,196	173	1,121
2015		< 5	--	177	1,096
2014		5	17,149	181	1,070
2013		11	9,740	145	1,234
2012		< 5	--	163	1,125
2011		< 5	--	166	1,109
2010		5	17,622	190	1,021
2009		< 5	--	224	921
2008		10	10,991	260	837
2007		8	12,948	284	772
2006		7	13,925	289	737
2005		10	10,312	323	662
2004		9	10,892	353	607
2003		14	7,683	408	550
2002		13	7,930	466	495
2001		22	5,230	612	410
2000		12	8,153	407	535
1999		10	8,938	441	495
1998		22	4,827	483	466
1997		18	5,461	503	446
1996		20	4,911	554	412
1995		25	4,121	570	401
1994		41	2,889	650	365
1993		28	3,800	641	370
1992		37	3,099	704	341
1991		27	3,845	758	331
1990		37	3,031	907	285
1989		33	3,186	854	288
1988		31	3,171	882	267
1987		38	2,620	930	248
1986		43	2,349	980	237
1985		41	2,407	1,093	219
1984		44	2,234	1,031	220
1983		51	1,995	1,094	212
1982		52	1,995	1,133	215
1981		48	2,123	1,251	197
1980		55	1,943	1,237	198
1979		46	2,157	1,278	187
1978		63	1,674	1,324	176
1977		49	1,978	1,360	176
1976		78	1,372	1,481	161
1975		61	1,607	1,531	159
1974		70	1,440	1,689	145
1973		75	1,340	1,803	141
1972		97	1,134	2,065	131
1971		141	921	2,544	125
1970		170	813	3,002	110
1969		188	740	3,156	96
1968		151	825	3,259	91
1967		167	761	3,534	89
1966		220	649	3,984	85
1965		258	602	4,402	83
1964		317	555	5,161	72
1963		368	509	5,695	69
1962		378	497	6,368	62
1961		446	463	7,186	58
1960		536	417	7,684	54
1959		528	411	8,344	49
1958		582	382	8,483	46
1957		667	352	7,873	50
1956		834	308	7,711	50
1955		1,002	271	7,172	52
1954		1,095	247	7,443	50
1953		1,053	250	7,344	48
1952		1,108	236	7,415	46
1951		927	250	6,966	49
1950		845	263	6,786	49
1949		874	257	6,225	54
1948		855	258	6,089	56
1947		817	267	5,935	63
1946		662	287	5,023	62
1945		487	309	3,958	61
1944		432	330	3,988	61
1943		445	335	4,233	59
1942		386	357	3,863	63
1941		324	378	3,788	59
1940		303	382	3,699	57
1939		280	402	3,531	59
1938		209	467	3,689	56
1937		182	485	3,339	59
1936		196	457	3,393	59
1935		153	519	3,271	61
1934		115	617	3,243	62
1933		65	828	2,924	65
1932		84	735	3,139	61
1931		75	779	3,009	62
1930		97	700	2,994	64
1929		69	858	2,662	73
1928		86	774	2,639	75
1927		89	768	2,504	81
1926		79	824	2,398	84
1925		84	807	2,301	86
1924		98	749	2,396	84
1923		86	786	2,172	90
1922		62	941	2,042	89
1921		73	862	1,956	93
1920		65	906	1,680	105
1919		73	824	1,428	112
1918		73	844	1,491	111
1917		57	917	1,248	120
1916		57	893	1,161	121
1915		53	905	1,081	125
1914		33	1,041	691	142
1913		28	1,026	472	155
1912		35	847	371	159
1911		26	840	150	203
1910		24	879	125	205
1909		13	1,163	102	208
1908		17	976	100	203
1907		10	1,316	73	242
1906		9	1,349	66	240
1905		11	1,179	65	242
1904		12	1,057	53	261
1903		7	1,472	56	251
1902		14	946	63	226
1901		9	1,155	40	272
1900		16	946	54	282
1899		10	1,043	41	268
1898		7	1,400	40	290
1897		10	1,050	39	290
1896		7	1,317	36	313
1895		11	998	26	371
1894		10	1,014	28	339
1893		7	1,201	18	436
1892		8	1,104	22	407
1891		5	1,372	17	431
1890		5	1,378	14	516
1889		< 5	--	19	418
1888		6	1,169	15	509
1887		7	967	11	555
1886		< 5	--	17	434
1885		< 5	--	25	347
1884		< 5	--	10	623
1883		< 5	--	11	564
1882		< 5	--	7	770
1881		< 5	--	6	806
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.