Dal
- #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · boys
- 1944 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 628since 1915
Dal over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Dal has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #8,789 | 8 |
| 2012 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
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| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,322 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #1,887 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,514 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #1,738 | 16 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1940 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #1,958 | 13 |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,179 | 5 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,829 | 8 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Dal! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1919, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Dal is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Dal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dal
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 243 spots since 2024 (#10,938 → #10,695)
- 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
- 1,127 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #10,695)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1944 at #1,738 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 85,142
- Highest: 1 in 85,142 boys born in 1939 were named Dal (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,738 in 1944, was only 1 in 85,180 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 19.4% of all boys named Dal (122) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,663 |
| 1920s | 52 | #2,703 (1927) | #3,671 |
| 1930s | 74 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,557 |
| 1940s | 102 | #1,738 (1944) | #2,480 |
| 1950s | 122 | #1,791 (1957) | #2,389 |
| 1960s | 116 | #2,115 (1963) | #2,502 |
| 1970s | 30 | #3,521 (1970) | #4,523 |
| 1980s | 25 | #4,333 (1985) | #5,713 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 55 | #7,562 (2014) | #10,025 |
| 2020s | 34 | #8,990 (2022) | #9,988 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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