Dalen — #5469 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Dalen

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,956 babies named Dalen between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Dalen currently holds the #5469 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 99 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalen performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 732 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dalen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalen in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dalen 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 1,956 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.