Dell was the #10,695 boys' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).
Dell as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,695 (6)
2024
#7,765 (10)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2020
#9,554 (7)
2017
#8,840 (8)
2015
#10,644 (6)
2014
#8,781 (8)
2013
#10,728 (6)
2012
#8,864 (8)
2010
#9,693 (7)
2009
#9,864 (7)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2006
#12,055 (5)
2005
#5,578 (14)
Dell as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
1984
#10,422 (5)
1982
#9,237 (6)
1979
#10,210 (5)
1978
#8,562 (6)
1977
#9,652 (5)
1975
#7,173 (7)
1974
#5,360 (10)
1973
#6,666 (7)
1972
#3,714 (16)
1971
#4,810 (11)
1970
#3,577 (17)
1969
#4,723 (10)
1968
#3,610 (14)
1967
#3,845 (12)
1966
#2,453 (24)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1884 at #468.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
In 1984, 23% of US babies named Dell were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.