Dalene — girls' name

What the Data Says About Dalene

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,575 babies named Dalene between 1921 and 2003, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalene performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 433 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dalene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Kansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Dalene in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Dalene 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 1,575 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.