Dal

Boy · recorded 1915–2025

  • #10,695in 2025
  • 1 in 284,679boys in 2025
  • −4%last ten years

Most popular in 1939.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

061219151943197019982025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 71 recorded years as a table
Dal, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19159
19175
19185
19206
19215
19236
19245
19254
19265
19279
19297
19317
19327
19339
19349
19359
193710
19388
193912
19409
194111
19428
19439
194412
19454
19463
19475
19484
19496
19504
19515
19525
19536
19548
19554
19566
19579
19586
19596
19607
19616
19626
19637
19646
19654
19665
19677
19685
19696
19704
19713
19723
19734
19743
19833
19843
19855
19863
20103
20123
20134
20145
20154
20164
20173
20193
20204
20225
20234
20243
20254

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Dal isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
6
Rank in 2025
#10,695
How rare
1 in 284,679 boys
Since 1915
628

Most popular in 1939, at 12 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 4% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.