Dale

girls:

21.9k births since 1887

#973 (83rd percentile)

boys:

277.9k births since 1881

#135 (97th percentile)

overall:

299.7k births since 1881

#255 (97th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dale".

1881 2023 18812023

Key Statistics

Total Births
21,881
Peak Births
1,108
Peak Year
1952
First Recorded
1887
Peak Percentile
66.5%
Current Percentile
0.0%
Peak Rank
#232
Current Rank
#947
Female statistics
Total Births
277,860
Peak Births
8,504
Peak Year
1958
First Recorded
1881
Peak Percentile
93.2%
Current Percentile
13.6%
Peak Rank
#46
Current Rank
#787
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Dale

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dale. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 97.5% confident that Dale is pronounced as dayl. The next most likely pronunciation is dayl, at 2.5% confidence.

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dayl (1 syllable)
Verified
97.5% confidence
D EY1 L
dayl (1 syllable)
2.5% confidence
D EY0 L

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Dale. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Dale, please vote using the thumbs up button.

dehl (1 syllable)
3 names 11.6k births
D EH1 L

Names with this pronunciation:

dal (1 syllable)
2 names 622 births
D AE1 L

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like D EY1 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.