Dalena — #6948 US girls' name
1,100 babies named Dalena in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
28% of everyone ever named Dalena was born in this single decade.
50 babies were named Dalena in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalena
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,100 babies named Dalena between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalena currently holds the #6948 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 50 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 310 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dalena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalena in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalena 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 1,100 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.
Dalena at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1993)
- 50
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #6948 among girls.
1,100 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 50 births in a single year.
Dalena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 310 births that decade — 28% of Dalena's all-time total
Dalena decade highlights
- Peak decade 310 births
- Runner-up 200 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Dalena's strongest decade
310 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Dalena by state
Where Dalena concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 97 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
97 of 1,100 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.8% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 0.5% of nationwide
- Texas 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.8% 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, 1946–2024 (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.