girl's name

Dimple

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 2,461

Dimple is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2003 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1924, when 78 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1893.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Dimple over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2003, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Dimple by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 25
1900s 119
1910s 399
1920s 666
1930s 467
1940s 286
1950s 166
1960s 73
1970s 67
1980s 110
1990s 59
2000s (to 2003) 5

How popular is Dimple?

In 2003, Dimple was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Dimple is used

England & Wales #3,019 5 in 1999
United States #16,975 5 in 2003

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Dimple

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Dimple also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Dimple over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Dimple

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Dimple — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Dimple

How popular is the name Dimple?

In 2003, Dimple was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Dimple a girl's or a boy's name?

Dimple is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Dimple?

Dimple has 2 syllables.

When was Dimple most popular?

Dimple peaked in 1924, when 78 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.