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Dale
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7% girls / 93% boys
Origin of the name
Dale was first an English surname, from dale, “valley.”
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Where babies named Dale are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Dale is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Dale is most common in South Dakota (3.9 times), North Dakota (3.4) and Nebraska (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Where babies named Dale are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Dale is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Dale is most common in Hawaii (4.1 times), Connecticut (2.8) and New Jersey (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10% | 90% |
| 1890s | 22% | 78% |
| 1900s | 15% | 85% |
| 1910s | 5% | 95% |
| 1920s | 3% | 97% |
| 1930s | 4% | 96% |
| 1940s | 11% | 89% |
| 1950s | 10% | 90% |
| 1960s | 6% | 94% |
| 1970s | 4% | 96% |
| 1980s | 4% | 96% |
| 1990s | 4% | 96% |
| 2000s | 3% | 97% |
| 2010s | 2% | 98% |
| 2020s | 2% | 98% |