as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, originally a local name for someone who lived in a dale or valley. It is now fairly commonly used as a given name, along with other monosyllabic surnames of topographical origin (see for example Dell and Hale).
| 177th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 293,596
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Dale per capita
- 1952
- marked the height of its popularity
6%
94%
54%
55+
55+
39%
30-54
30-54
4%
13-29
13-29
2%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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