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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| 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 1946
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#262 · 1 in 2,762
- Massachusetts#431 · 1 in 8,900
- Michigan#514 · 1 in 8,871
- Georgia#542 · 1 in 7,902
- New York#545 · 1 in 8,835
Best ever in a state: #240 in Hawaii, 1949.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #262 | 15 | 1 in 2,762 |
| Massachusetts | #431 | 5 | 1 in 8,900 |
| Michigan | #514 | 7 | 1 in 8,871 |
| Georgia | #542 | 5 | 1 in 7,902 |
| New York | #545 | 15 | 1 in 8,835 |
| Pennsylvania | #635 | 7 | 1 in 14,178 |
| California | #716 | 9 | 1 in 11,032 |
| Illinois | #750 | 5 | 1 in 15,631 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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 1946
Top girls' names in 1946
Top boys' names in 1946
More about 1946
girls
1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 15,713 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 85.4% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,624,023 boys got a published name in 1946; 1 in 70,610 of them was named Dayle, which outranked 63.3% of the 4,018 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,440Vann24
- #1,440Verner24
- #1,440Waymond24
- #1,475Dayle23
- #1,475Acie23
- #1,475Algie23
- #1,475Amador23
- #1,509Aldo22
- #1,509Alphonzo22
- #1,509Alvah22
Tied with 33 names at #1,475; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.