Delia
#1,561 for girls in 2025, 135 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #4,853
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 143 births
- Debut · girls
- 129 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 37,318since 1880
Delia over time
Rank among girls' names. Delia has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #1,561 | 135 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,509 | 143 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,446 | 154 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 130 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,460 | 147 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,343 | 164 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,452 | 152 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,391 | 161 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,353 | 171 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,239 | 197 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,147 | 217 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,319 | 178 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,125 | 219 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,007 | 250 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,021 | 245 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,116 | 227 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,126 | 229 | — | |
| 2007 | #985 | 272 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,068 | 238 | — | |
| 2005 | #947 | 261 | — | |
| 2004 | #970 | 247 | — | |
| 2003 | #945 | 248 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,073 | 198 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,045 | 205 | — | |
| 2000 | #957 | 221 | — | |
| 1999 | #897 | 236 | — | |
| 1998 | #862 | 246 | — | |
| 1997 | #875 | 232 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,004 | 187 | — | |
| 1995 | #877 | 217 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,055 | 172 | — | |
| 1993 | #856 | 226 | — | |
| 1992 | #963 | 199 | — | |
| 1991 | #868 | 230 | — | |
| 1990 | #809 | 246 | — | |
| 1989 | #849 | 219 | — | |
| 1988 | #913 | 187 | — | |
| 1987 | #858 | 199 | — | |
| 1986 | #856 | 193 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #863 | 185 | — | |
| 1984 | #792 | 202 | — | |
| 1983 | #646 | 266 | — | |
| 1982 | #747 | 223 | — | |
| 1981 | #685 | 254 | — | |
| 1980 | #639 | 285 | — | |
| 1979 | #625 | 280 | — | |
| 1978 | #589 | 289 | — | |
| 1977 | #539 | 334 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #537 | 325 | — | |
| 1975 | #594 | 271 | — | |
| 1974 | #638 | 240 | — | |
| 1973 | #543 | 307 | — | |
| 1972 | #558 | 296 | — | |
| 1971 | #572 | 307 | — | |
| 1970 | #560 | 327 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #569 | 298 | — | |
| 1968 | #547 | 312 | — | |
| 1967 | #532 | 313 | — | |
| 1966 | #513 | 340 | — | |
| 1965 | #497 | 363 | — | |
| 1964 | #465 | 433 | — | |
| 1963 | #464 | 436 | — | |
| 1962 | #474 | 415 | — | |
| 1961 | #453 | 468 | — | |
| 1960 | #445 | 478 | — | |
| 1959 | #436 | 488 | — | |
| 1958 | #446 | 457 | — | |
| 1957 | #423 | 490 | — | |
| 1956 | #414 | 479 | — | |
| 1955 | #405 | 465 | — | |
| 1954 | #405 | 457 | — | |
| 1953 | #389 | 480 | — | |
| 1952 | #389 | 452 | — | |
| 1951 | #403 | 419 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #399 | 402 | — | |
| 1949 | #388 | 413 | — | |
| 1948 | #417 | 357 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #416 | 377 | — | |
| 1946 | #419 | 336 | — | |
| 1945 | #436 | 271 | — | |
| 1944 | #424 | 286 | — | |
| 1943 | #420 | 306 | — | |
| 1942 | #394 | 327 | — | |
| 1941 | #403 | 284 | — | |
| 1940 | #426 | 256 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #411 | 268 | — | |
| 1938 | #413 | 265 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #385 | 284 | — | |
| 1936 | #404 | 252 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #397 | 265 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #370 | 290 | — | |
| 1933 | #344 | 328 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #376 | 296 | — | |
| 1931 | #365 | 311 | — | |
| 1930 | #396 | 294 | — | |
| 1929 | #385 | 302 | — | |
| 1928 | #387 | 297 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #400 | 294 | — | |
| 1926 | #405 | 282 | — | |
| 1925 | #417 | 272 | — | |
| 1924 | #405 | 289 | — | |
| 1923 | #387 | 293 | — | |
| 1922 | #423 | 247 | — | |
| 1921 | #410 | 271 | — | |
| 1920 | #393 | 282 | — | |
| 1919 | #374 | 300 | — | |
| 1918 | #381 | 294 | — | |
| 1917 | #376 | 283 | — | |
| 1916 | #383 | 267 | — | |
| 1915 | #358 | 280 | — | |
| 1914 | #335 | 248 | — | |
| 1913 | #344 | 198 | — | |
| 1912 | #350 | 171 | — | |
| 1911 | #303 | 170 | — | |
| 1910 | #314 | 149 | — | |
| 1909 | #295 | 147 | — | |
| 1908 | #272 | 168 | — | |
| 1907 | #271 | 162 | — | |
| 1906 | #294 | 125 | — | |
| 1905 | #243 | 171 | — | |
| 1904 | #226 | 184 | — | |
| 1903 | #253 | 145 | — | |
| 1902 | #271 | 132 | — | |
| 1901 | #224 | 164 | — | |
| 1900 | #207 | 231 | — | |
| 1899 | #207 | 180 | — | |
| 1898 | #215 | 179 | — | |
| 1897 | #203 | 186 | — | |
| 1896 | #200 | 190 | — | |
| 1895 | #195 | 193 | — | |
| 1894 | #203 | 172 | — | |
| 1893 | #181 | 194 | — | |
| 1892 | #177 | 203 | — | |
| 1891 | #180 | 177 | — | |
| 1890 | #172 | 197 | — | |
| 1889 | #164 | 182 | — | |
| 1888 | #155 | 200 | — | |
| 1887 | #163 | 150 | — | |
| 1886 | #146 | 169 | — | |
| 1885 | #144 | 155 | — | |
| 1884 | #147 | 145 | — | |
| 1883 | #128 | 162 | — | |
| 1882 | #126 | 143 | — | |
| 1881 | #141 | 111 | — | |
| 1880 | #126 | 129 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Delia was already there! It came in at #126, and was given to 129 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1885, when fewer than 170 girls a year got the name.
Where Delia is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Mexico#116 · 1 in 391
- Texas#162 · 1 in 742
- Arizona#194 · 1 in 808
- California#244 · 1 in 1,664
- Washington#247 · 1 in 1,927
Best ever in a state: #48 in Arizona, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #116 | 15 | 1 in 391 |
| Texas | #162 | 81 | 1 in 742 |
| Arizona | #194 | 6 | 1 in 808 |
| California | #244 | 30 | 1 in 1,664 |
| Washington | #247 | 6 | 1 in 1,927 |
| Colorado | #262 | 5 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Florida | #306 | 7 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Tennessee | #342 | 9 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Alabama | #350 | 9 | 1 in 3,281 |
| Mississippi | #406 | 6 | 1 in 3,769 |
| New York | #418 | 15 | 1 in 5,981 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| Louisiana | #474 | 5 | 1 in 4,680 |
| Illinois | #576 | 6 | 1 in 9,377 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Delia
- 52 spots since 2024 (#1,509 → #1,561)
- 218 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,561)
- 322 spots since 2015 (#1,239 → #1,561)
- Biggest jump: 178 spots in 1995 (#1,055 → #877)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1994 (#856 → #1,055)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #126 (143 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–1993
- Highest: 1 in 693 girls born in 1883 were named Delia (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,906 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #126 in 1882, was only 1 in 754 (0.13%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.3% of all girls named Delia (4,589) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,546 | #126 (1882) | #144 |
| 1890s | 1,871 | #172 (1890) | #193 |
| 1900s | 1,629 | #207 (1900) | #256 |
| 1910s | 2,360 | #303 (1911) | #352 |
| 1920s | 2,829 | #385 (1929) | #401 |
| 1930s | 2,853 | #344 (1933) | #386 |
| 1940s | 3,213 | #388 (1949) | #414 |
| 1950s | 4,589 | #389 (1953) | #411 |
| 1960s | 3,856 | #445 (1960) | #496 |
| 1970s | 2,976 | #537 (1976) | #576 |
| 1980s | 2,213 | #639 (1980) | #785 |
| 1990s | 2,191 | #809 (1990) | #907 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | #945 (2003) | #1,023 |
| 2010s | 1,973 | #1,007 (2011) | #1,236 |
| 2020s | 873 | #1,343 (2020) | #1,490 |
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.
Delia in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 4,467 of them was named Delia, which outranked 91.5% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Delia, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.