Sedale — boys' name

What the Data Says About Sedale

The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Sedale between 1985 and 1996, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sedale currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sedale performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 66 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Sedale shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Sedale in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sedale 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 108 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.