Dala — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dala

The Social Security Administration has registered 274 babies named Dala between 1920 and 2014, spanning 95 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dala currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dala performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Dala shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kansas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dala 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 274 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.