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How popular is “Dal” in the USA?

Number of people named “Dal” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Dal” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Dal” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Dal” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Dal” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Dal” by birth year

This chart shows how “Dal” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1915 8 0.000004366 8 -100%
1917 5 0.000002492 5 -100%
1918 5 0.000002303 5 -100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 6 0.00000257 6 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 5 0.000002143 5 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 10 0.000004312 10 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 -100%
1932 7 0.000003316 7 -100%
1933 9 0.000004501 9 -100%
1934 9 0.000004334 9 -100%
1935 9 0.000004306 9 -100%
1937 11 0.000005163 11 -100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 11 0.000004777 11 -100%
1941 13 0.000005336 13 -100%
1942 11 0.000004027 11 -100%
1943 13 0.000004606 13 -100%
1944 16 0.000005948 16 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1946 5 0.000001565 5 -100%
1947 9 0.000002498 9 -100%
1948 7 0.000002028 7 -100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 -100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 -100%
1951 10 0.000002715 10 -100%
1952 10 0.000002633 10 -100%
1953 12 0.000003114 12 -100%
1954 17 0.000004271 17 -100%
1955 8 0.000001992 8 -100%
1956 13 0.000003153 13 -100%
1957 20 0.000004759 20 -100%
1958 12 0.000002903 12 -100%
1959 13 0.000003127 13 -100%
1960 14 0.00000337 14 -100%
1961 13 0.000003138 13 -100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 -100%
1963 15 0.00000379 15 -100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 -100%
1965 8 0.000002207 8 -100%
1966 9 0.000002589 9 -100%
1967 13 0.000003829 13 -100%
1968 9 0.000002664 9 -100%
1969 11 0.000003165 11 -100%
1970 8 0.000002218 8 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1973 6 0.000001989 6 -100%
1974 5 0.000001645 5 -100%
1983 5 0.000001444 5 -100%
1984 6 0.00000172 6 -100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 -100%
1986 5 0.000001406 5 -100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 -100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 -100%
2013 8 0.000002194 8 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2019 6 0.000001729 6 -100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 -100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 -100%
2023 7 0.000002114 7 -100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 -100%

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