Dalene
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #10,425
- Peak · girls
- 1952 · 53 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,575since 1921
Dalene over time
Rank among girls' names. Dalene has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
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| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,212 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,506 | 29 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 |
| 1969 | #2,208 | 33 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #2,079 | 32 |
| 1966 | #1,982 | 34 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 |
| 1963 | #1,683 | 46 |
| 1962 | #1,607 | 49 |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 |
| 1954 | #1,518 | 44 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1949 | #1,736 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #1,722 | 31 |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 |
| 1945 | #1,743 | 23 |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,881 | 18 |
| 1938 | #1,752 | 20 |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #1,651 | 21 |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
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| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Dalene! It came in at #5,099, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dalene is popular in 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#975 · 1 in 17,935
Best ever in a state: #328 in Utah, 1971.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| California | #975 | 8 | 1 in 17,935 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Dalene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1921
- Peaked 1952 at #1,316 (53 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 33,642 girls born in 1961 were named Dalene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 203,016 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,316 in 1952, was only 1 in 34,987 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.5% of all girls named Dalene (433) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 25 | #3,269 (1926) | #4,341 |
| 1930s | 108 | #1,651 (1934) | #2,803 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,438 (1942) | #1,796 |
| 1950s | 433 | #1,316 (1952) | #1,551 |
| 1960s | 414 | #1,435 (1961) | #1,864 |
| 1970s | 194 | #2,247 (1971) | #4,111 |
| 1980s | 103 | #4,517 (1980) | #7,150 |
| 1990s | 31 | #5,835 (1990) | #11,427 |
| 2000s | 20 | #10,425 (2003) | #13,124 |
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.
Dalene in 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 44,134 of them was named Dalene, which outranked 77.1% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,505Loretha45
- #1,505Mitzie45
- #1,505Vada45
- #1,518Dalene44
- #1,518Cherlyn44
- #1,518Concepcion44
- #1,518Edward44
- #1,540Belle43
- #1,540Casandra43
- #1,540Dominga43
Tied with 21 names at #1,518; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.