Dael — #2492 US boys' name
503 babies named Dael in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 83% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Dael was born in this single decade.
58 babies were named Dael in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dael
The Social Security Administration has registered 503 babies named Dael between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dael currently holds the #2492 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 58 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dael performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 231 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Dael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Dael in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dael in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 503 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Dael at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dael popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2023)
- 58
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #2492 among boys.
503 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 58 births in a single year.
Dael popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Dael as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Dael accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 231 births that decade — 46% of Dael's all-time total
Dael decade highlights
- Peak decade 231 births
- Runner-up 197 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Dael's strongest decade
231 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Dael by state
Where Dael concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 87 | 17.3% |
| #2 | California | | 83 | 16.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 2.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 11 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 5 | 1.0% |
87 of 503 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.3% of nationwide
- California 16.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 1.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.