Dali — #12609 US unisex name
153 babies named Dali in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 29% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Dali was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Dali in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dali
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Dali between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dali currently holds the #12609 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Dali is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 51 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dali performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Dali shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dali 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 153 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.
Dali at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dali popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #12609 among girls.
153 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 9 births in a single year.
Dali popularity over time — boys
51 total births recorded since 1992 (Dali as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Dali accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dali by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 52 births that decade — 34% of Dali's all-time total
Dali decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Dali's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1993–2024 (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.