Dell
Boy · DEL · English
Dell is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “small wooded valley”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Dell mean?
English: English word and surname, also a short form of names like Delbert
“small wooded valley”
Also used as a short form of names beginning with Del-, such as Delbert and Delmar.
- Say it
- DEL
Is Dell a girl's or a boy's name?
Dell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Dell, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 84 boys.
Half of all the boys named Dell in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1892, 63% of the babies named Dell in the US were girls. By 1975 it was 20%, with more boys than girls since 1925.
Dell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 17 | #2,705 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 15 | #2,964 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 19 | #2,375 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 28 | #1,752 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 38 | #1,364 |
| 1971 | 34 | #1,466 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,080 |
| 1969 | 44 | #1,186 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,165 |
| 1967 | 67 | #875 |
| 1966 | 63 | #916 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,020 |
| 1964 | 59 | #982 |
| 1963 | 63 | #946 |
| 1962 | 63 | #952 |
| 1961 | 65 | #949 |
| 1960 | 81 | #836 |
| 1959 | 77 | #870 |
| 1958 | 74 | #876 |
| 1957 | 84 | #822 |
| 1956 | 77 | #853 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 |
| 1954 | 68 | #891 |
| 1953 | 84 | #773 |
| 1952 | 67 | #849 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 64 | #849 |
| 1949 | 60 | #884 |
| 1948 | 59 | #890 |
| 1947 | 67 | #841 |
| 1946 | 60 | #848 |
| 1945 | 56 | #837 |
| 1944 | 46 | #949 |
| 1943 | 53 | #917 |
| 1942 | 51 | #928 |
| 1941 | 53 | #870 |
| 1940 | 44 | #967 |
| 1939 | 62 | #770 |
| 1938 | 45 | #939 |
| 1937 | 47 | #906 |
| 1936 | 40 | #989 |
| 1935 | 47 | #923 |
| 1934 | 45 | #942 |
| 1933 | 48 | #895 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,035 |
| 1931 | 56 | #841 |
| 1930 | 33 | #1,235 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 37 | #1,165 |
| 1927 | 49 | #1,001 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,201 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,093 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,072 |
| 1921 | 38 | #1,159 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,323 |
| 1919 | 43 | #1,034 |
| 1918 | 58 | #869 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,033 |
| 1916 | 43 | #972 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,082 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 1913 | 28 | #930 |
| 1912 | 19 | #1,059 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 11 | #825 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 8 | #786 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 9 | #725 |
| 1896 | 11 | #674 |
| 1895 | 8 | #794 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 13 | #571 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 5 | #921 |
| 1886 | 14 | #491 |
| 1885 | 14 | #498 |
| 1884 | 16 | #468 |
| 1883 | 11 | #556 |
| 1882 | 13 | #514 |
| 1881 | 13 | #487 |
| 1880 | 15 | #465 |
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