Boys' name · since 1991
Dalten
Dalten has 363 recorded births since 1991 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,551 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 363
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dalten sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 363 recorded since 1991.
Dalten has 363 recorded births among boys since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1991 to 2020.
- #9,551 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 363 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dalten ranks #9,551 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 363 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,551 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 363
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Dalten's 363 recorded births place it above 78.97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dalten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dalten's full recorded timeline at 2006, 37% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 63% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 26 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Dalten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2020
- Peak year (1999)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Dalten by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (168 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Dalten's strongest decade.
168 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Dalten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
119 births
- 2000s
2000s
168 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 168 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Dalten's decade-level peak was the 2000s (168 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Dalten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1991–2020 (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 Dalten 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.