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

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Peak · boys
#465
1880 · 15 births
Debut · boys
1880
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,008
since 1880

Dell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #491, 1881peak #465, 1880girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
2024—#7,76510
2023—#12,2395
2022—#10,8636
2021——
2020—#9,5547
2019——
2018——
2017—#8,8408
2016——
2015—#10,6446
2014—#8,7818
2013—#10,7286
2012—#8,8648
2011——
2010—#9,6937
2009—#9,8647
2008—#12,5535
2007——
2006—#12,0555
2005—#5,57814
2004—#7,5369
2003—#9,5816
2002—#5,72512
2001—#6,9359
2000—#5,04014
1999—#5,31712
1998—#5,84010
1997—#6,6188
1996——
1995—#4,05215
1994—#6,3728
1993—#4,69712
1992—#6,1288
1991—#4,00514
1990—#2,95221
1989—#4,81110
1988—#4,45010
1987—#2,94217
1986—#4,13010
1985—#3,07015
1984#10,4225#2,70617
1983—#3,07114
1982#9,2376#2,83116
1981—#2,20423
1980—#2,96515
1979#10,2105#3,56911
1978#8,5626#2,37519
1977#9,6525#2,79115
1976—#2,50817
1975#7,1737#1,75328
1974#5,36010#2,54915
1973#6,6667#2,03620
1972#3,71416#1,36438
1971#4,81011#1,46634
1970#3,57717#1,08057
1969#4,72310#1,18644
1968#3,61014#1,16542
1967#3,84512#87567
1966#2,45324#91663
1965#2,11031#1,02052
1964#2,75221#98259
1963#2,86419#94763
1962#2,16330#95363
1961#1,83839#95065
1960#1,81139#83781
1959#1,59646#87177
1958#1,67941#87774
1957#1,55048#82384
1956#1,48051#85477
1955#1,42350#88570
1954#1,31757#89268
1953#1,38949#77484
1952#1,57837#85067
1951#1,66533#1,05246
1950#1,49538#85064
1949#1,56435#88560
1948#1,47339#89159
1947#1,43842#84267
1946#1,67828#84860
1945#1,37434#83756
1944#1,40133#94946
1943#1,70325#91753
1942#1,38734#92851
1941#1,24337#87053
1940#1,54925#96744
1939#1,19437#77062
1938#1,65022#93945
1937#1,45126#90647
1936#1,37528#98940
1935#1,18236#92347
1934#1,14838#94245
1933#1,00847#89548
1932#1,48826#1,03541
1931#1,39428#84156
1930#1,60724#1,23533
1929#1,64223#1,02644
1928#1,31034#1,16537
1927#1,52329#1,00149
1926#1,27937#1,06443
1925#1,40933#1,20135
1924#1,20643#1,09343
1923#1,19742#1,05745
1922#1,11447#1,07243
1921#1,25838#1,15938
1920#1,19041#1,32330
1919#1,24237#1,03443
1918#1,12643#86958
1917#1,21935#1,03340
1916#1,05943#97243
1915#1,05540#1,08235
1914#1,05932#1,26022
1913#1,02028#93028
1912#1,05524#1,05919
1911#87524#1,03811
1910#78130#85913
1909#1,15213#1,1557
1908#93918#82511
1907#79022#1,0947
1906#1,10112#9278
1905#1,2989#1,2335
1904#62930#8109
1903#1,13710#7839
1902#71623#61513
1901#88114—
1900#88518#83610
1899#1,0999#7868
1898#92014#63512
1897#1,1678#7259
1896#79017#67411
1895#74618#7958
1894#95011#56713
1893#79414#7688
1892#59022#57213
1891#75013#7667
1890#64217#7398
1889#72413#7897
1888#75312#50515
1887#73310#9215
1886#69311#49114
1885—#49814
1884#64011#46816
1883#53613#55611
1882#59610#51413
1881#49112#48713
1880#5809#46515
First appearance
1880

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 1919

No state had 5 or more boys named Dell in 1919, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Dell
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #465 (15 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1880–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,153
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 17.7% of all boys named Dell (711) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1925
  • Mostly girls until 1924, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s123#465 (1880)#569
1890s97#567 (1894)#703
1900s79#615 (1902)#920
1910s312#859 (1910)#1,014
1920s407#1,001 (1927)#1,116
1930s464#770 (1939)#948
1940s549#837 (1945)#893
1950s711#774 (1953)#873
1960s599#837 (1960)#983
1970s254#1,080 (1970)#2,149
1980s147#2,204 (1981)#3,318
1990s108#2,952 (1990)#5,109
2000s81#5,040 (2000)#8,319
2010s43#8,781 (2014)#9,592
2020s34#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 1919

girls
#1,242
37 births · 1 in 30,544 girls
boys
#1,034
43 births · 1 in 22,794 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #1,242Dell37

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #1,034Dell43
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 30,544 of them was named Dell, which outranked 77.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dell
  1. #1,216Trudy38
  2. #1,216Valentine38
  3. #1,216Valera38
  4. #1,242Dell37
  5. #1,242Adelene37
  6. #1,242Adline37
  7. #1,242Ailene37
  8. #1,270Aldine36
  9. #1,270Alverna36
  10. #1,270Billye36

Tied with 27 names at #1,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 22,794 of them was named Dell, which outranked 78.5% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dell
  1. #1,024Nevin44
  2. #1,024Paris44
  3. #1,024Reino44
  4. #1,034Dell43
  5. #1,034Barton43
  6. #1,034Baxter43
  7. #1,034Colin43
  8. #1,047Anna42
  9. #1,047Arley42
  10. #1,047Cliff42

Tied with 12 names at #1,034; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 446Quinten#1,313 → #867
  2. ↑ 432Dempsey#1,012 → #580
  3. ↑ 341Winton#1,231 → #890
  4. ↑ 334Donnie#1,211 → #877
  5. ↑ 332Edsel#1,062 → #730
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,008Foch#869 → #2,877
  2. ↓ 582Carmel#949 → #1,531
  3. ↓ 403Eligah#918 → #1,321
  4. ↓ 398Nels#809 → #1,207
  5. ↓ 355Myer#966 → #1,321

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1919 →