Meaning and history
From an English surname that originally referred to someone who lived near a dale or valley.
20062006: 290 births, rank #735
2007: 284 births, rank #772
2008: 261 births, rank #836
2009: 225 births, rank #920
2010: 190 births, rank #1,019
20112011: 166 births, rank #1,108
2012: 165 births, rank #1,115
2013: 146 births, rank #1,229
2014: 181 births, rank #1,070
2015: 177 births, rank #1,096
20162016: 173 births, rank #1,124
2017: 150 births, rank #1,219
2018: 127 births, rank #1,385
2019: 118 births, rank #1,468
2020: 131 births, rank #1,353
20212021: 130 births, rank #1,407
2022: 115 births, rank #1,551
2023: 130 births, rank #1,408
2024: 149 births, rank #1,308
20252025: 129 births, rank #1,409
Dale moved from #836 to #921 for boys between 2008 and 2009. Its highest annual birth count came in 1958, with 8,502 births.