Dal — #10979 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dal

The Social Security Administration has registered 622 babies named Dal between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dal currently holds the #10979 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dal performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 122 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Dal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dal 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 622 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.