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Dell

#10,974 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Dell has been given to 6,552 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #10,974 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1953, with 84 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 61% boys, 39% girls all-time.

Babies named Dell, 2025

1 in 553,000

Dell over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Dell over time

In 2025, Dell went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

18802025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Dell: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Dell means

Dell is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Dell is used in English.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɛl/ for Dell.

The naming story behind Dell

Dell is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,008 boys were recorded with the name Dell between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 84 in 1953; its best national rank was #468 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #9,807 in 2020 to #10,974 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,998 in 2015 to #10,974 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,544 girls were recorded with the name Dell between 1880 and 1984. Its highest annual count was 57 in 1954; its best national rank was #493 in 1881.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Dell?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#10,974
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Dell sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dell. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Dells were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dell was born before 1949 — so the typical Dell is around 76 today.

Median birth year
1949
About 76 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
17.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
3.6%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
1,977
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1950s — 17.7% of all recorded uses (711).

Is Dell rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,081
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,167
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
+24
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
7.1%
Peak was 1953 (84)
Years since peak
72
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#468
1880

Spellings of Dell

Dell is not the most common spelling — Dale is, with 23.0% against Dell's 0.33%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Dell is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Dell was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 154,019 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

09 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 11,111
  2. 2Idaho1 in 25,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Michigan1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6Georgia1 in —
  7. 7Illinois1 in —
  8. 8Missouri1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Dell is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Dell was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 140,373 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2Alabama1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in 100,000
  4. 4Louisiana1 in 100,000
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 100,000
  6. 6Arkansas1 in —
  7. 7California1 in —
  8. 8Florida1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Dell has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Dell around the world

Where Dell ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • South Australia
    1948–1957
    #581
    in 1957

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Dell

People whose public names include Dell, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Dell in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Dell. Linked forms have their own page here.

DelDellon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Dell by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,974
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,167
Best rank ever
#468
1880
Peak year
1953
84 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,008
Count in 2025
6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#493
1881
Peak year
1954
57 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
1984
All-time count
2,544
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Dell

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DelDeltonDelvinDelonDelanoDelmerDelvonDelmarHowellDelfinoOzellJewellLovellDeleonDonellDelwynDelmaJarellDarellLavellDelosTerellJoellAxell

Names with a curve like Dell

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Dell, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ArtieLorenzaWardellDennieAlonzaDavieBurtWillamCurtissRolfGlynnLorin

Sibling names for Dell

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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