Dell
Last seen for girls in 1984 at #10,422 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 61.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 15 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,008since 1880
Dell 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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #12,239 | 5 | |
| 2022 | — | #10,863 | 6 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #8,840 | 8 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #8,864 | 8 | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #12,553 | 5 | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #9,581 | 6 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,725 | 12 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,040 | 14 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #4,052 | 15 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,697 | 12 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,128 | 8 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,005 | 14 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,070 | 15 | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | — | #3,071 | 14 | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | — | #2,204 | 23 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,965 | 15 | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | — | #2,508 | 17 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #1,753 | 28 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | #1,364 | 38 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #1,466 | 34 |
| 1970 | #3,577 | 17 | #1,080 | 57 |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #1,186 | 44 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | #1,165 | 42 |
| 1967 | #3,845 | 12 | #875 | 67 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 | #916 | 63 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | #1,020 | 52 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #982 | 59 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 | #947 | 63 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | #953 | 63 |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | #950 | 65 |
| 1960 | #1,811 | 39 | #837 | 81 |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 | #871 | 77 |
| 1958 | #1,679 | 41 | #877 | 74 |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | #823 | 84 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 | #854 | 77 |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | #885 | 70 |
| 1954 | #1,317 | 57 | #892 | 68 |
| 1953 | #1,389 | 49 | #774 | 84 |
| 1952 | #1,578 | 37 | #850 | 67 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 | #850 | 64 |
| 1949 | #1,564 | 35 | #885 | 60 |
| 1948 | #1,473 | 39 | #891 | 59 |
| 1947 | #1,438 | 42 | #842 | 67 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | #848 | 60 |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | #837 | 56 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #949 | 46 |
| 1943 | #1,703 | 25 | #917 | 53 |
| 1942 | #1,387 | 34 | #928 | 51 |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | #870 | 53 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | #967 | 44 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 | #770 | 62 |
| 1938 | #1,650 | 22 | #939 | 45 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | #906 | 47 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 | #989 | 40 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | #923 | 47 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 | #942 | 45 |
| 1933 | #1,008 | 47 | #895 | 48 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 | #1,035 | 41 |
| 1931 | #1,394 | 28 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #1,607 | 24 | #1,235 | 33 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 | #1,165 | 37 |
| 1927 | #1,523 | 29 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 | #1,201 | 35 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | #1,093 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,197 | 42 | #1,057 | 45 |
| 1922 | #1,114 | 47 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,258 | 38 | #1,159 | 38 |
| 1920 | #1,190 | 41 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | #1,034 | 43 |
| 1918 | #1,126 | 43 | #869 | 58 |
| 1917 | #1,219 | 35 | #1,033 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #972 | 43 |
| 1915 | #1,055 | 40 | #1,082 | 35 |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 | #1,260 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,020 | 28 | #930 | 28 |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | #1,059 | 19 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | #825 | 11 |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #1,101 | 12 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 | #810 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 | #783 | 9 |
| 1902 | #716 | 23 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | #836 | 10 |
| 1899 | #1,099 | 9 | #786 | 8 |
| 1898 | #920 | 14 | #635 | 12 |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | #725 | 9 |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | #674 | 11 |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 | #567 | 13 |
| 1893 | #794 | 14 | #768 | 8 |
| 1892 | #590 | 22 | #572 | 13 |
| 1891 | #750 | 13 | #766 | 7 |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | #739 | 8 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | #505 | 15 |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | #921 | 5 |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | #491 | 14 |
| 1885 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 | #468 | 16 |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | #556 | 11 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | #514 | 13 |
| 1881 | #491 | 12 | #487 | 13 |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | #465 | 15 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dell was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dell is popular in 1888
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Dell
- 2,930 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #10,695)
- 1,141 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1888 (#921 → #505)
- Biggest drop: 430 spots in 1887 (#491 → #921)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #465 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1900
- Highest: 1 in 7,153 boys born in 1884 were named Dell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #465 in 1880, was only 1 in 7,366 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 17.7% of all boys named Dell (711) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1924, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 123 | #465 (1880) | #569 |
| 1890s | 97 | #567 (1894) | #703 |
| 1900s | 79 | #615 (1902) | #920 |
| 1910s | 312 | #859 (1910) | #1,014 |
| 1920s | 407 | #1,001 (1927) | #1,116 |
| 1930s | 464 | #770 (1939) | #948 |
| 1940s | 549 | #837 (1945) | #893 |
| 1950s | 711 | #774 (1953) | #873 |
| 1960s | 599 | #837 (1960) | #983 |
| 1970s | 254 | #1,080 (1970) | #2,149 |
| 1980s | 147 | #2,204 (1981) | #3,318 |
| 1990s | 108 | #2,952 (1990) | #5,109 |
| 2000s | 81 | #5,040 (2000) | #8,319 |
| 2010s | 43 | #8,781 (2014) | #9,592 |
| 2020s | 34 | #7,765 (2024) | #10,223 |
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.
Dell in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
Top boys' names in 1888
More about 1888
girls
178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 14,885 of them was named Dell, which outranked 48.9% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #724Selina13
- #724Signe13
- #724Zettie13
- #753Dell12
- #753Aimee12
- #753Ana12
- #753Arabella12
- #793Albertina11
- #793Anner11
- #793Arminta11
Tied with 39 names at #753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
120,852 boys got a published name in 1888; 1 in 8,057 of them was named Dell, which outranked 57.1% of the 1,177 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 39.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).