Dala
- Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 274since 1920
Dala over time
Rank among girls' names. Dala has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 6 girls in 1920, 6 girls in 1929 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 |
| 1958 | #4,520 | 8 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
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| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
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| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dala! It came in at #4,398, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1928, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dala is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dala in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dala
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1951 at #2,937 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 138,528 girls born in 1951 were named Dala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 29.9% of all girls named Dala (82) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 12 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,226 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,937 (1951) | #4,450 |
| 1960s | 64 | #4,202 (1965) | #5,145 |
| 1970s | 33 | #6,258 (1974) | #7,616 |
| 1980s | 36 | #6,810 (1984) | #9,651 |
| 1990s | 20 | #12,958 (1990) | #13,719 |
| 2000s | 16 | #15,352 (2001) | #15,619 |
| 2010s | 11 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,736 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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