Names / Boy names
Dale
Current rank
#1,410
holding steady
All-time peak
#46
in 1958
First recorded
1881
in U.S. data
Children named
300,000
since 1881
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #46 in 1958 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Dale first appears in American naming records in 1881, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. It peaked in 1958 at #46. Over 300,000 have carried it since records began.