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Its wave through time Rare in the records
In the United States 0 5 10 15 20 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1913 per million babies of that sex 150 babies given this name since 1912 At its height in 1913, about 1 in 57,000 boys Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Tyler Boy From an English occupational surname for a tiler of roofs. Modern · peak 1994 Taylor Girl or boy From the English occupational surname for a tailor, from Old French tailleor 'cutter'. Modern · peak 1993 Dylan Boy Uncertain. Linked to the sea through Dylan ail Don of the Mabinogi, but 'son of the sea' is that figure's epithet,… Modern · peak 2001 Dale Boy From the English surname for someone who lived in a valley, from Old English dæl 'valley'. Modern · peak 1952 Dolores Girl Spanish 'sorrows', from the title María de los Dolores, the Virgin of Sorrows. Colonial · peak 1930 Delores Girl A spelling of Dolores, Spanish for 'sorrows', from the title María de los Dolores 'Mary of the Sorrows'. Modern · peak 1932 · forgotten Dalton Boy From an English surname taken from several places named Dalton, Old English dæl 'valley' and tūn 'farmstead'. Modern · peak 1998 Della Girl A pet form of Adela or Adelaide, from Germanic adal 'noble'; sometimes linked to Delia. Victorian · peak 1884 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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