Unisex name · since 1947
Dayl
Dayl has 15 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #49,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1947
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dayl is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1947.
Dayl has 15 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1955.
- #49,604 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1947
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dayl ranks #49,604 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1947, peaking in the 1940s.
- #49,604 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1947
- 1940s
- peak decade
Dayl's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dayl's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Dayl's full recorded timeline at 1948, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births.
Dayl popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1955
- Peak year (1947)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Dayl popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1954 (Dayl as boys' name)
Dayl by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1940s was Dayl's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Dayl births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
10 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Dayl's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 1950s (5) -- 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 Dayl: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~8 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, 1947–1955 (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 Dayl 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.