Dela
- #6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births
- Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
- Given to girls 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1888 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 560since 1888
Dela over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Dela has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | — | |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 | — | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | — | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | — | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 | — | |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | — | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #3,682 | 7 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,023 | 7 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 | — | |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 | — | |
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1888
The first year at least five girls were named Dela! It came in at #1,276, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Dela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Dela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Dela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 3,440 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #6,116)
- 1,096 spots since 2020 (#7,212 → #6,116)
- 10,303 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1888 at #1,276 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 35,724
- Highest: 1 in 35,724 girls born in 1888 were named Dela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 14.5% of all girls named Dela (81) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,276 (1888) | #1,276 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,592 (1903) | #1,644 |
| 1910s | 49 | #1,956 (1911) | #2,872 |
| 1920s | 70 | #2,617 (1925) | #3,772 |
| 1930s | 31 | #3,181 (1938) | #3,848 |
| 1940s | 27 | #3,040 (1943) | #4,078 |
| 1950s | 65 | #3,718 (1954) | #4,389 |
| 1960s | 56 | #4,184 (1960) | #5,097 |
| 1970s | 43 | #4,810 (1971) | #6,192 |
| 1980s | 16 | #9,110 (1981) | #10,716 |
| 1990s | 35 | #10,345 (1999) | #12,531 |
| 2000s | 23 | #12,429 (2009) | #15,099 |
| 2010s | 47 | #8,597 (2019) | #14,132 |
| 2020s | 81 | #6,116 (2025) | #8,071 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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