Dalen
Boy · DAL-in · English
Dalen is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Dalen come from?
English: spelling of Dallin; English surname of uncertain meaning
- Say it
- DAL-in
Meaning borrowed from Dallin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Dalen a girl's or a boy's name?
Dalen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dalen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Dalen, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2001, with 99 boys. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer boys named Dalen than any year since 1990.
Half of all the boys named Dalen in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were given Dalen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,694, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Dalen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 30 | #3,647 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 31 | #3,512 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 31 | #3,433 |
| 2010 | 75 | #1,897 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 50 | #2,514 |
| 2007 | 66 | #2,071 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,892 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,390 |
| 2002 | 73 | #1,633 |
| 2001 | 99 | #1,312 |
| 2000 | 81 | #1,493 |
| 1999 | 75 | #1,500 |
| 1998 | 71 | #1,524 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,042 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 34 | #2,302 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,855 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 12 | #3,093 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 8 | #3,039 |
| 1961 | 9 | #2,898 |
| 1960 | 11 | #2,533 |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
Names like Dalen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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