Delight
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1902 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,051since 1897
Delight over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Delight 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #7,984 | 6 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,952 | 11 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,424 | 12 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,754 | 20 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #1,721 | 24 |
| 1925 | #2,778 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Delight! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1901, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Delight is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Delight in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Delight
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1902 at #1,219 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 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 29,341
- Highest: 1 in 29,341 girls born in 1902 were named Delight (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 16.8% of all girls named Delight (177) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 36 | #1,219 (1902) | #1,606 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,719 (1912) | #2,281 |
| 1920s | 172 | #1,721 (1926) | #2,202 |
| 1930s | 177 | #1,481 (1934) | #1,947 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,559 (1946) | #2,531 |
| 1950s | 160 | #1,978 (1955) | #3,035 |
| 1960s | 72 | #3,793 (1961) | #4,704 |
| 1970s | 63 | #4,871 (1973) | #6,813 |
| 1980s | 34 | #6,810 (1984) | #8,728 |
| 1990s | 8 | #9,559 (1993) | #9,559 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,504 (2008) | #17,504 |
| 2010s | 39 | #9,943 (2017) | #12,035 |
| 2020s | 20 | #11,146 (2021) | #12,871 |
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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