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)
The name Dale is the #255 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 299,741 recorded births since 1881. This represents the 96.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 96.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #135 (97.1% percentile) for all time with 277,860 births since 1881. For girls, it ranks #973 (83.0% percentile) for all time with 21,881 births since 1887.
Dale first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1881 (1881 for boys and 1887 for girls).
The name Dale has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.7% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Dale reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 93.2% percentile (ranked #46) with 3,946 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 3,946 births per million (ranked 93.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1960, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Dale ranks #787 for boys (13.6% percentile) with 70 births per million, which is 1.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Dale reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 66.5% percentile (ranked #232) with 583 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 583 births per million (ranked 66.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Dale ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 0.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dale".
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