Dayle
Dayle is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:Dayle Bonner, Australian professional rugby league footballer Dayle Coleing, Gibraltarian professional footballer Dayle Dolkens, Australian field hockey player Dayle Douglas (1882–1945), Scottish screenwriter Dayle Friedman, American rabbi Dayle Grubb, English professional footballer Dayle Haddon (1948–2024), Canadian model…
Meaning & Origin of Dayle
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dayle is a unisex given name. Notable people with the given name include:Dayle Bonner, Australian professional rugby league footballer Dayle Coleing, Gibraltarian professional footballer Dayle Dolkens, Australian field hockey player Dayle Douglas (1882–1945), Scottish screenwriter Dayle Friedman, American rabbi Dayle Grubb, English professional footballer Dayle Haddon (1948–2024), Canadian model…
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The Story of Dayle
As a girl name
Dayle first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1912, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1946: 100 births, good for #828 nationwide. About 31% of every Dayle on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dayle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Dayle on the record books as a boy name in 1913, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 32 Dayles were born — ranking #1,371 that year. About 20% of every Dayle on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Dayle last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Dayle
Dayle is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Dayle's peak popularity came in 1946 when it ranked #828. Use the chart and map above to compare Dayle's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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