Dell
Dell was given to 6 boys in 2025, #10,974 among boys’ names; 6,552 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,790 Americans named Dell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (43% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 56 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Dell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Dell?
#10,974 among boys’ names, 2025
Dell rose from #10,998 in 2015 to #10,974 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.1 to 3.5 per million.
133 babies in 1953, the peak
Dell peaked in 1953, when 133 babies were given it (84 boys, #775 among boys’ names). The 6 births of 2025 are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 6 | #10,974 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 10 | #7,893 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 5 | #12,649 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 6 | #11,192 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 7 | #9,807 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 8 | #9,042 | |
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #10,998 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 8 | #8,963 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #11,057 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 8 | #9,048 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | under 5 | 7 | #9,919 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 7 | #10,109 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 5 | #12,983 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 5 | #12,475 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 14 | #5,639 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 9 | #7,683 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 6 | #9,865 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 12 | #5,807 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 9 | #7,047 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 14 | #5,091 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 12 | #5,383 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 10 | #5,922 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 8 | #6,760 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 15 | #4,093 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 8 | #6,496 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 12 | #4,775 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 8 | #6,253 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 14 | #4,046 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 21 | #2,976 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 10 | #4,896 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 10 | #4,514 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 17 | #2,973 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 10 | #4,198 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 15 | #3,103 | |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,803 | 17 | #2,725 |
| 1983 | under 5 | 14 | #3,105 | |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,511 | 16 | #2,873 |
| 1981 | under 5 | 23 | #2,215 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 15 | #2,990 | |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,582 | 11 | #3,622 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,801 | 19 | #2,393 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,970 | 15 | #2,815 |
| 1976 | under 5 | 17 | #2,530 | |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,343 | 28 | #1,756 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,439 | 15 | #2,576 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,823 | 20 | #2,061 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,753 | 38 | #1,367 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,879 | 34 | #1,471 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,620 | 57 | #1,083 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,787 | 44 | #1,188 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,652 | 42 | #1,170 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,891 | 67 | #876 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,465 | 63 | #920 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,122 | 52 | #1,022 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,762 | 59 | #984 |
| 1963 | 19 | #2,890 | 63 | #948 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,173 | 63 | #957 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,844 | 65 | #952 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,815 | 81 | #837 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,599 | 77 | #870 |
| 1958 | 41 | #1,680 | 74 | #876 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,552 | 84 | #824 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,488 | 77 | #853 |
| 1955 | 50 | #1,427 | 70 | #887 |
| 1954 | 57 | #1,320 | 68 | #895 |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,394 | 84 | #775 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,585 | 67 | #853 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,670 | 46 | #1,056 |
| 1950 | 38 | #1,504 | 64 | #854 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,567 | 60 | #887 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,475 | 59 | #891 |
| 1947 | 42 | #1,440 | 67 | #845 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,680 | 60 | #849 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,380 | 56 | #841 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,407 | 46 | #952 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,711 | 53 | #918 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,397 | 51 | #931 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,246 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,553 | 44 | #969 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,198 | 62 | #770 |
| 1938 | 22 | #1,662 | 45 | #940 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,460 | 47 | #909 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,387 | 40 | #993 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,185 | 47 | #924 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,152 | 45 | #944 |
| 1933 | 47 | #1,010 | 48 | #899 |
| 1932 | 26 | #1,494 | 41 | #1,038 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,398 | 56 | #845 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,620 | 33 | #1,240 |
| 1929 | 23 | #1,655 | 44 | #1,030 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,318 | 37 | #1,172 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,530 | 49 | #1,003 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,284 | 43 | #1,070 |
| 1925 | 33 | #1,416 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,209 | 43 | #1,096 |
| 1923 | 42 | #1,199 | 45 | #1,060 |
| 1922 | 47 | #1,117 | 43 | #1,077 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,262 | 38 | #1,166 |
| 1920 | 41 | #1,195 | 30 | #1,334 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,250 | 43 | #1,037 |
| 1918 | 43 | #1,131 | 58 | #873 |
| 1917 | 35 | #1,220 | 40 | #1,039 |
| 1916 | 43 | #1,065 | 43 | #975 |
| 1915 | 40 | #1,057 | 35 | #1,090 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,065 | 22 | #1,276 |
| 1913 | 28 | #1,028 | 28 | #934 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,062 | 19 | #1,067 |
| 1911 | 24 | #881 | 11 | #1,057 |
| 1910 | 30 | #782 | 13 | #881 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,166 | 7 | #1,181 |
| 1908 | 18 | #949 | 11 | #839 |
| 1907 | 22 | #799 | 7 | #1,122 |
| 1906 | 12 | #1,111 | 8 | #945 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,326 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1904 | 30 | #631 | 9 | #824 |
| 1903 | 10 | #1,148 | 9 | #804 |
| 1902 | 23 | #717 | 13 | #617 |
| 1901 | 14 | #885 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 18 | #891 | 10 | #854 |
| 1899 | 9 | #1,114 | 8 | #799 |
| 1898 | 14 | #929 | 12 | #641 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,189 | 9 | #738 |
| 1896 | 17 | #793 | 11 | #683 |
| 1895 | 18 | #749 | 8 | #809 |
| 1894 | 11 | #959 | 13 | #574 |
| 1893 | 14 | #802 | 8 | #784 |
| 1892 | 22 | #596 | 13 | #578 |
| 1891 | 13 | #758 | 7 | #786 |
| 1890 | 17 | #645 | 8 | #764 |
| 1889 | 13 | #729 | 7 | #816 |
| 1888 | 12 | #758 | 15 | #510 |
| 1887 | 10 | #742 | 5 | #961 |
| 1886 | 11 | #699 | 14 | #494 |
| 1885 | under 5 | 14 | #505 | |
| 1884 | 11 | #646 | 16 | #472 |
| 1883 | 13 | #547 | 11 | #566 |
| 1882 | 10 | #603 | 13 | #521 |
| 1881 | 12 | #493 | 13 | #488 |
| 1880 | 9 | #591 | 15 | #468 |
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 Dell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,552 Americans recorded as Dell, 39% are girls and 61% boys. In 2025 it went to 6 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Dell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Dell, and how old are they?
2,790 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 43% of the 6,552 Americans ever recorded as Dell. The median Dell alive today is 66 years old; half are between 56 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 3,332 people named Dell (1,151 women and girls, 2,181 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,221 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 340 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,430 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 625 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 209 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 124 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 62 |
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 Dell born?
The states with the most babies named Dell are Texas, California and Utah, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Utah is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 439 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| California | 178 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Utah | 129 | not ranked | 3.3× |
| Georgia | 52 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 41 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Idaho | 32 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 30 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 23 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 23 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Alabama | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Dell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Dell is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 3.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ 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 Dell 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 11,522 babies since 1880, Dell is the most given (57% of them).
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 Dell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1880-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Ira | 62,535 |
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 Dell and names like it
- Compare Dell and DelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sDell peaked in 1953.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Dell since 1910.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Dell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Dell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.