Girls' name · since 2006
Dalet
68 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.
- #31,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,682 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Dalet is the #12682 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 68 recorded since 2006.
Dalet has 68 recorded births among girls since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12682 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #31,416 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,682 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalet ranks #31,416 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,682 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 68 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,682 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Dalet's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Dalet compares
68 19th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Dalet's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dalet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dalet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dalet's full recorded timeline at 2022, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dalet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Dalet by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (61 births, 90% of the file).
2020s was Dalet's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Dalet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 61 births (90% 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 | 8.8% |
6 of 68 births nationwide.
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What to do with Dalet's data
- California records the most Dalets (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dalet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~19 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, 2006–2025 (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 Dalet 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.