Masculine dossier · first seen 1881

Dale

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Dale
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.2% from peak

Peak era

1958

Peak rank proxy

8,503

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1881Peak 19582024

Peak year

1958

Decline from peak

98.2%

2024

149

All-time

278,018

Dale once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1958, when 8,503 boys were named Dale.

In 2024, only 149 boys were given the name.

Down 98.2% from its peak.

All told, about 278,018 Americans have been named Dale and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1881.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.2% from peak

19588,503 boys named Dale

2024149 boys named Dale

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