Dayle
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 65.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1946 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,181since 1912
Dayle over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,221 | 18 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #4,109 | 18 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,522 | 29 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #2,704 | 24 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #1,955 | 35 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #1,466 | 54 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,417 | 56 | #1,370 | 32 |
| 1957 | #1,570 | 47 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | #1,351 | 59 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,261 | 64 | #1,725 | 20 |
| 1954 | #1,154 | 74 | #1,496 | 26 |
| 1953 | #1,018 | 89 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #954 | 96 | #1,749 | 19 |
| 1951 | #1,078 | 74 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,183 | 61 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #982 | 83 | #1,702 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,041 | 72 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,008 | 77 | #1,449 | 26 |
| 1946 | #828 | 100 | #1,475 | 23 |
| 1945 | #1,356 | 35 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #1,224 | 42 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,668 | 25 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #1,585 | 23 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,275 | 27 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #1,538 | 20 |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | #1,932 | 14 |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,848 | 16 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,538 | 21 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,569 | 23 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | — | #2,152 | 15 | |
| 1920 | #3,598 | 8 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #1,531 | 23 |
| 1918 | #3,024 | 10 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,676 | 11 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dayle! It came in at #2,979, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dayle is popular in 1912
No state had 5 or more girls named Dayle in 1912, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dayle
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1946 (#1,356 → #828)
- Biggest drop: 201 spots in 1950 (#982 → #1,183)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1946 at #828 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1957, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · 1946–1952
- Highest: 1 in 15,713 girls born in 1946 were named Dayle (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 30.9% of all girls named Dayle (674) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1964, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #2,979 (1912) | #3,606 |
| 1920s | 39 | #3,362 (1925) | #3,700 |
| 1930s | 70 | #1,585 (1939) | #2,664 |
| 1940s | 506 | #828 (1946) | #1,334 |
| 1950s | 674 | #954 (1952) | #1,245 |
| 1960s | 251 | #1,955 (1961) | #2,483 |
| 1970s | 168 | #2,522 (1970) | #4,168 |
| 1980s | 142 | #4,109 (1983) | #5,444 |
| 1990s | 167 | #4,660 (1997) | #5,718 |
| 2000s | 109 | #6,322 (2001) | #10,627 |
| 2010s | 16 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,864 |
| 2020s | 19 | #11,231 (2022) | #13,320 |
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.
Dayle in 1912
Top girls' names in 1912
More about 1912
girls
558,119 girls got a published name in 1912; 1 in 111,624 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 13.5% of the 3,445 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 466 names at #2,979; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.