Dalen Boy
How popular is Dalen?
#5,859 boy name in 2025
15 baby boys were named Dalen in the US in 2025, making it the 5859th most popular boy name.
Dalen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,859 for boys (▼ 420 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 15 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-52% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,512 in 2015, #4,422 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2001 (99 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,312 in 2001 |
| First recorded | 1941 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Dalen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Daylen family of names ranked #729 for boys in 2025 (#622 the year before), with 331 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Daylen | 113 | 34% |
| Daylan | 51 | 15% |
| Daylon | 58 | 18% |
| Dallin | 35 | 11% |
| Dalen | 15 | 5% |
| Dallen | 17 | 5% |
| Dalyn | 13 | 4% |
| Dailen | 8 | 2% |
| Dallan | 5 | 2% |
| Dallon | 7 | 2% |
| Daylyn | 9 | 3% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Dalen is most popular
Babies named Dalen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Dalen by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 11 | #3,297 |
| 1950s | 51 | #2,817 |
| 1960s | 82 | #2,534 |
| 1970s | 90 | #2,375 |
| 1980s | 129 | #2,721 |
| 1990s | 416 | #1,500 |
| 2000s | 732 | #1,312 |
| 2010s | 321 | #1,897 |
| 2020s | 139 | #3,647 |
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Questions
- Is Dalen a boy or girl name?
- Dalen is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Dalen were boys.
- How popular is the name Dalen?
- 15 baby boys were named Dalen in the US in 2025, making it the 5859th most popular boy name.
- When was Dalen most popular?
- Dalen peaked in 2001, when 99 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,312 in 2001.
- How many people are named Dalen?
- 1,987 babies have been named Dalen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,912 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Dalen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Dalen was most common in Georgia, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.