Dale is a very popular boys' name that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Dale is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,410 among boys (129) and #15,450 among girls (5) — overall #2,900 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 134 | 134 | #15,450 | #1,410 |
| 2024 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,308 |
| 2023 | 135 | 135 | #15,733 | #1,408 |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,551 |
| 2021 | 139 | 139 | #10,477 | #1,409 |
| 2020 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 118 | 118 | — | #1,468 |
| 2018 | 132 | 132 | #16,254 | #1,388 |
| 2017 | 155 | 155 | #16,450 | #1,223 |
| 2016 | 181 | 181 | #12,043 | #1,124 |
| 2015 | 177 | 177 | — | #1,096 |
| 2014 | 186 | 186 | #17,179 | #1,072 |
| 2013 | 157 | 157 | #9,753 | #1,229 |
| 2012 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,116 |
| 2011 | 166 | 166 | — | #1,110 |
| 2010 | 195 | 195 | #17,640 | #1,021 |
| 2009 | 225 | 225 | — | #921 |
| 2008 | 271 | 271 | #10,997 | #836 |
| 2007 | 292 | 292 | #12,959 | #772 |
| 2006 | 297 | 297 | #13,936 | #735 |
| 2005 | 333 | 333 | #10,315 | #662 |
| 2004 | 362 | 362 | #10,896 | #608 |
| 2003 | 422 | 422 | #7,688 | #550 |
| 2002 | 479 | 479 | #7,933 | #496 |
| 2001 | 634 | 634 | #5,232 | #410 |
| 2000 | 419 | 419 | #8,157 | #536 |
| 1999 | 452 | 452 | #8,940 | #495 |
| 1998 | 505 | 505 | #4,829 | #466 |
| 1997 | 521 | — | #5,462 | #446 |
| 1996 | 575 | — | #4,911 | #412 |
| 1995 | 595 | — | #4,121 | #401 |
| 1994 | 691 | — | #2,889 | #365 |
| 1993 | 669 | — | #3,800 | #370 |
| 1992 | 740 | — | #3,099 | #341 |
| 1991 | 786 | — | #3,845 | #331 |
| 1990 | 944 | — | #3,030 | #285 |
| 1989 | 888 | — | #3,188 | #288 |
| 1988 | 914 | — | #3,173 | #267 |
| 1987 | 969 | — | #2,620 | #248 |
| 1986 | 1,023 | — | #2,350 | #237 |
| 1985 | 1,134 | — | #2,408 | #219 |
| 1984 | 1,076 | — | #2,235 | #220 |
| 1983 | 1,147 | — | #1,995 | #212 |
| 1982 | 1,184 | — | #1,995 | #215 |
| 1981 | 1,296 | — | #2,125 | #197 |
| 1980 | 1,292 | — | #1,943 | #198 |
| 1979 | 1,320 | — | #2,156 | #188 |
| 1978 | 1,386 | — | #1,674 | #176 |
| 1977 | 1,409 | — | #1,977 | #176 |
| 1976 | 1,558 | — | #1,374 | #161 |
| 1975 | 1,589 | — | #1,607 | #159 |
| 1974 | 1,758 | — | #1,439 | #145 |
| 1973 | 1,877 | — | #1,341 | #141 |
| 1972 | 2,159 | — | #1,134 | #131 |
| 1971 | 2,686 | — | #921 | #125 |
| 1970 | 3,173 | — | #813 | #110 |
| 1969 | 3,342 | — | #740 | #96 |
| 1968 | 3,408 | — | #826 | #91 |
| 1967 | 3,704 | — | #761 | #89 |
| 1966 | 4,205 | — | #648 | #85 |
| 1965 | 4,655 | — | #603 | #83 |
| 1964 | 5,475 | — | #556 | #72 |
| 1963 | 6,067 | — | #510 | #69 |
| 1962 | 6,744 | — | #497 | #62 |
| 1961 | 7,641 | — | #462 | #58 |
| 1960 | 8,211 | — | #418 | #54 |
| 1959 | 8,872 | — | #411 | #49 |
| 1958 | 9,087 | — | #381 | #46 |
| 1957 | 8,531 | — | #353 | #50 |
| 1956 | 8,554 | — | #308 | #50 |
| 1955 | 8,183 | — | #271 | #52 |
| 1954 | 8,534 | — | #247 | #50 |
| 1953 | 8,403 | — | #250 | #48 |
| 1952 | 8,525 | — | #236 | #46 |
| 1951 | 7,890 | — | #250 | #49 |
| 1950 | 7,629 | — | #263 | #49 |
| 1949 | 7,104 | — | #257 | #54 |
| 1948 | 6,946 | — | #258 | #56 |
| 1947 | 6,753 | — | #267 | #63 |
| 1946 | 5,686 | — | #287 | #62 |
| 1945 | 4,444 | — | #309 | #61 |
| 1944 | 4,422 | — | #330 | #61 |
| 1943 | 4,680 | — | #335 | #59 |
| 1942 | 4,249 | — | #357 | #63 |
| 1941 | 4,115 | — | #378 | #59 |
| 1940 | 4,002 | — | #382 | #57 |
| 1939 | 3,811 | — | #401 | #59 |
| 1938 | 3,899 | — | #467 | #56 |
| 1937 | 3,522 | — | #485 | #59 |
| 1936 | 3,589 | — | #457 | #59 |
| 1935 | 3,427 | — | #519 | #61 |
| 1934 | 3,356 | — | #617 | #62 |
| 1933 | 2,990 | — | #828 | #65 |
| 1932 | 3,224 | — | #735 | #61 |
| 1931 | 3,083 | — | #779 | #62 |
| 1930 | 3,091 | — | #700 | #64 |
| 1929 | 2,733 | — | #858 | #73 |
| 1928 | 2,726 | — | #774 | #75 |
| 1927 | 2,592 | — | #768 | #81 |
| 1926 | 2,477 | — | #824 | #84 |
| 1925 | 2,386 | — | #807 | #86 |
| 1924 | 2,494 | — | #749 | #84 |
| 1923 | 2,258 | — | #786 | #90 |
| 1922 | 2,103 | — | #941 | #89 |
| 1921 | 2,029 | — | #862 | #93 |
| 1920 | 1,745 | — | #906 | #105 |
| 1919 | 1,501 | — | #824 | #112 |
| 1918 | 1,564 | — | #844 | #111 |
| 1917 | 1,305 | — | #917 | #120 |
| 1916 | 1,218 | — | #893 | #121 |
| 1915 | 1,134 | — | #905 | #125 |
| 1914 | 724 | — | #1,041 | #142 |
| 1913 | 500 | — | #1,026 | #155 |
| 1912 | 406 | — | #847 | #159 |
| 1911 | 176 | — | #840 | #203 |
| 1910 | 149 | — | #879 | #205 |
| 1909 | 115 | — | #1,163 | #208 |
| 1908 | 117 | — | #975 | #203 |
| 1907 | 83 | — | #1,316 | #242 |
| 1906 | 75 | — | #1,349 | #240 |
| 1905 | 76 | — | #1,179 | #242 |
| 1904 | 65 | — | #1,057 | #261 |
| 1903 | 63 | — | #1,472 | #251 |
| 1902 | 77 | — | #946 | #226 |
| 1901 | 49 | — | #1,155 | #272 |
| 1900 | 70 | — | #946 | #282 |
| 1899 | 51 | — | #1,043 | #268 |
| 1898 | 47 | — | #1,400 | #290 |
| 1897 | 49 | — | #1,050 | #290 |
| 1896 | 43 | — | #1,317 | #313 |
| 1895 | 37 | — | #998 | #371 |
| 1894 | 38 | — | #1,014 | #339 |
| 1893 | 25 | — | #1,201 | #436 |
| 1892 | 30 | — | #1,104 | #407 |
| 1891 | 22 | — | #1,372 | #431 |
| 1890 | 19 | — | #1,378 | #516 |
| 1889 | 19 | — | — | #418 |
| 1888 | 21 | — | #1,169 | #509 |
| 1887 | 18 | — | #967 | #555 |
| 1886 | 17 | — | — | #434 |
| 1885 | 25 | — | — | #347 |
| 1884 | 10 | — | — | #623 |
| 1883 | 11 | — | — | #564 |
| 1882 | 7 | — | — | #770 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #806 |