Masculine dossier · first seen 1941

Dalen

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2001

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1941Peak 20012024

Peak year

2001

Decline from peak

82.8%

2024

All-time

1,956

Dalen has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2001, when 99 boys were named Dalen.

In 2024, only 17 boys were given the name.

Down 82.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,956 Americans have been named Dalen and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1941.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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