Is Dayle a boy or girl name?

Dayle is a unisex name. Of the 3,320 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.7% were girls and 34.3% were boys. It changed hands in 1965, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Dayle

Recorded 1912–2024 · United States

Dayle was most popular in 1946, when 123 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,268 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,320 people named Dayle.

Dayle over time

Births per year. The dot marks Dayle’s peak in 1946. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Dayle a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Dayle is a unisex name — 65.7% of the 3,320 Americans given it were girls and 34.3% were boys. It changed hands: since 1965 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Dayle

Where Dayle is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org