Girls' name · since 1920
Dala
274 babies named Dala in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dala is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 274 have been recorded since 1920.
Dala has 274 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2014.
- #16,687 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 274 born since 1920
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dala ranks #16,687 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 274 born since 1920, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,687 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 274
- born since 1920
- 1950s
- peak decade
Dala's 274 recorded births place it above 76.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Kansas.
Dala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dala's full recorded timeline at 1970, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1956, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1951 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2014
- Peak year (1951)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 95 years of records
Dala by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (82 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Dala's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Dala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 12
1920s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
82 births
- 1960s
1960s
64 births
- 1970s
1970s
33 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 20
1990s
20 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 82 births (30% of all-time use).
Dala by state
Where Dala concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kansas | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 274 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dala's data
- Dala's decade-level peak was the 1950s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Kansas records the most Dalas (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Kansas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~94 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1920–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dala draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.