Unisex name · since 1993
Dali
Dali has 160 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
160 babies have been named Dali since 1993, making it today's #12386 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dali has been recorded 160 times among girls since 1993, currently ranked #12386 nationally and more common than 28% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #22,111 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 160 born since 1993
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dali ranks #22,111 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 160 born since 1993, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,111 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 160
- born since 1993
- 2010s
- peak decade
Dali's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Dali compares
160 33rd 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
Dali's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Dali | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 160 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Dali's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Dali's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Dali popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Dali popularity over time - boys
51 total births recorded since 1992 (Dali as boys' name)
Dali by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Dali's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Dali births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (33% of all-time use).
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What to do with Dali's data
- Dali's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dali: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Dali 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.