The name Dale is of English origin, and means one who lives in a valley or dale.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dale has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Dale
Use of the Name Dale for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
274,010
126,893
18,912
4,786
2,240
756
351
The table below indicates the number of times the name Dale has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Dale first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1881, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Dale
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1881
806
6
1882
770
7
1883
565
11
1884
623
10
1885
347
25
1886
434
17
1887
555
11
967
7
1888
509
15
1889
418
19
1890
516
14
1891
432
17
1892
407
22
1893
436
18
1894
340
28
1895
371
26
998
11
1896
313
36
1897
290
39
1898
286
41
1899
268
41
1900
277
56
946
16
1901
272
40
1902
226
63
947
14
1903
251
56
1904
260
54
1905
242
65
1906
240
66
1907
245
72
1908
203
100
975
17
1909
207
102
1910
208
124
880
24
1911
203
150
838
26
1912
159
371
846
35
1913
154
474
1914
142
690
1915
125
1,083
906
53
1916
121
1,163
894
57
1917
120
1,247
918
57
1918
112
1,492
842
73
1919
112
1,433
824
73
1920
105
1,675
906
65
1921
93
1,954
861
73
1922
89
2,043
941
62
1923
90
2,168
792
85
1924
84
2,398
754
97
1925
86
2,295
803
84
1926
84
2,391
823
79
1927
81
2,502
763
90
1928
75
2,630
780
85
1929
73
2,664
858
69
1930
64
2,989
703
96
1931
62
3,006
778
75
1932
61
3,135
735
84
1933
64
2,926
829
65
1934
62
3,240
612
116
1935
61
3,271
519
153
1936
59
3,392
456
196
1937
59
3,328
485
182
1938
56
3,690
464
211
1939
59
3,531
402
279
1940
57
3,698
383
301
1941
58
3,785
377
324
1942
63
3,860
357
386
1943
59
4,217
334
443
1944
60
3,981
328
433
1945
61
3,954
309
488
1946
62
5,009
288
658
1947
63
5,908
267
819
1948
56
6,068
257
856
1949
54
6,226
257
869
1950
49
6,780
263
846
1951
49
6,946
250
930
1952
46
7,400
237
1,105
1953
48
7,320
250
1,053
1954
50
7,433
246
1,095
1955
52
7,154
271
1,001
1956
50
7,698
307
835
1957
50
7,875
352
667
1958
46
8,472
382
581
1959
49
8,339
411
529
1960
54
7,674
419
535
1961
58
7,180
463
447
1962
62
6,363
497
377
1963
69
5,695
507
369
1964
72
5,158
556
317
1965
84
4,394
599
259
1966
85
3,973
649
220
1967
89
3,534
765
165
1968
91
3,264
826
151
1969
96
3,158
737
189
1970
110
2,997
811
170
1971
125
2,542
920
141
1972
131
2,063
1973
141
1,798
1974
145
1,692
1975
159
1,531
1976
161
1,478
1977
176
1,356
1978
176
1,322
1979
188
1,271
1980
198
1,235
1981
197
1,248
1982
215
1,131
1983
212
1,095
1984
219
1,027
1985
219
1,094
1986
237
979
1987
249
927
1988
267
879
1989
287
854
1990
285
908
1991
330
757
1992
340
703
1993
365
641
1994
365
648
1995
404
567
1996
412
554
1997
447
502
1998
466
482
1999
496
441
2000
536
406
2001
408
612
2002
495
466
2003
551
405
2004
602
351
Totals:
274,010
20,268
During the last 125 years, parents have used Dale as a boy's name about 93% of the time and less frequently (about 6% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are slightly lower than actual counts because the name Dale appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 124 times during the last 125 years.