Dayle
Dayle was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 3,320 Americans have been recorded with it between 1912 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,190 Americans named Dayle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 67 years old and half are between 48 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dayle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Dayle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Dayle is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Dayle?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,898, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
123 babies in 1946, the peak
Dayle peaked in 1946, when 123 babies were given it (100 girls, #828 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,898 | under 5 | |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,458 | under 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,826 | under 5 | |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,893 | under 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,105 | under 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | #15,446 | under 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,721 | under 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,218 | 5 | #12,960 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,994 | under 5 | |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,355 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 9 | #11,137 | under 5 | |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,900 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,686 | 5 | #11,270 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,785 | under 5 | |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,392 | under 5 | |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,685 | 6 | #9,350 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,340 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,995 | under 5 | |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,690 | 5 | #9,592 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,848 | under 5 | |
| 1995 | 18 | #5,265 | 7 | #7,164 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,397 | 5 | #9,114 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,472 | 6 | #7,839 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,780 | under 5 | |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,686 | 7 | #6,666 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,341 | under 5 | |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,344 | 7 | #6,366 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,387 | 9 | #4,866 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,012 | under 5 | |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,222 | under 5 | |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,590 | 6 | #5,957 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,618 | 6 | #5,736 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,149 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1982 | 11 | #6,017 | under 5 | |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,382 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,562 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,306 | 5 | #6,263 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,303 | 6 | #5,201 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,976 | 8 | #4,252 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,404 | under 5 | |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,918 | 8 | #4,034 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,078 | 10 | #3,373 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,928 | 8 | #3,778 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,750 | 7 | #4,070 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,979 | 12 | #2,845 |
| 1970 | 29 | #2,531 | 11 | #2,929 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,718 | 7 | #3,668 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,211 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,645 | 13 | #2,265 |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,686 | 13 | #2,245 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,757 | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1964 | 18 | #3,022 | 19 | #1,859 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,315 | 20 | #1,802 |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,617 | 18 | #1,904 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,962 | 30 | #1,469 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,022 | 15 | #2,150 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,466 | 23 | #1,675 |
| 1958 | 56 | #1,419 | 32 | #1,377 |
| 1957 | 47 | #1,572 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,350 | 26 | #1,542 |
| 1955 | 64 | #1,264 | 20 | #1,741 |
| 1954 | 74 | #1,154 | 26 | #1,503 |
| 1953 | 89 | #1,018 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1952 | 96 | #954 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1951 | 74 | #1,078 | 19 | #1,739 |
| 1950 | 61 | #1,183 | 26 | #1,440 |
| 1949 | 83 | #982 | 19 | #1,714 |
| 1948 | 72 | #1,042 | 20 | #1,665 |
| 1947 | 77 | #1,007 | 26 | #1,456 |
| 1946 | 100 | #828 | 23 | #1,480 |
| 1945 | 35 | #1,357 | 11 | #2,156 |
| 1944 | 42 | #1,225 | 21 | #1,489 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,561 | 18 | #1,714 |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,672 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,286 | 12 | #2,110 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,414 | 17 | #1,695 |
| 1939 | 23 | #1,599 | 14 | #1,896 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,244 | 27 | #1,284 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,204 | 15 | #1,842 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,912 | 22 | #1,427 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,975 | 20 | #1,554 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,319 | 14 | #1,954 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 22 | #1,467 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 16 | #1,864 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 21 | #1,554 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 17 | #1,837 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 17 | #1,868 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 23 | #1,576 | |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,409 | 11 | #2,560 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,966 | 13 | #2,325 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,424 | 15 | #2,111 |
| 1924 | under 5 | 15 | #2,150 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 12 | #2,474 | |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,435 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1921 | under 5 | 15 | #2,172 | |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,689 | 11 | #2,640 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,978 | 23 | #1,541 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,078 | 12 | #2,426 |
| 1917 | under 5 | 8 | #2,998 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 13 | #2,172 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 9 | #2,672 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 7 | #2,715 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 11 | #1,705 | |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,067 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Dayle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,320 Americans recorded as Dayle, 66% are girls and 34% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dayle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dayle, and how old are they?
2,190 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 3,320 Americans ever recorded as Dayle. The median Dayle alive today is 67 years old; half are between 48 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 2,662 people named Dayle (2,000 women and girls, 662 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,410 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 169 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 386 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 289 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 189 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 29 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Dayle born?
The states with the most babies named Dayle are California, New York and Illinois, with 63% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 128 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New York | 87 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Illinois | 63 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Massachusetts | 38 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 31 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| New Jersey | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Georgia | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Hawaii | 10 | not ranked | 0.8× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Dayle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 308,528 babies since 1880, Dayle is the second most given (1.1% of them). In 2025 none of their 299 babies recorded by SSA was a Dayle (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Dayle
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Dayle and names like it
- Compare Dayle and DaleBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sDayle peaked in 1946.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dayle since 1910.
- The top names of 1946The year the most babies were named Dayle.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dayle alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.