Dalet — #10010 US girls' name
61 babies named Dalet in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to girls today.
89% of everyone ever named Dalet was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Dalet in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dalet
The Social Security Administration has registered 61 babies named Dalet between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dalet currently holds the #10010 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dalet performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Dalet shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dalet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dalet 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 61 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.
Dalet at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Dalet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #10010 among girls.
61 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 14 births in a single year.
Dalet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 89% of Dalet's all-time total
Dalet decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Dalet's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% of all-time use.
Dalet by state
Where Dalet concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 9.8% |
6 of 61 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.8% 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, 2006–2024 (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.