Delilah

#51 for girls in 2025, 4,137 births

Peak · girls
#50
2024 · 4,254 births
Debut · girls
1880
10 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
66,683
since 1880

Delilah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202011girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#514,137
2024#504,254
2023#524,049
2022#583,874
2021#583,761
2020#703,424
2019#883,158
2018#923,012
2017#1022,898
2016#1152,743
2015#1152,740
2014#1302,514
2013#1352,347
2012#1542,096
2011#1711,838
2010#1871,672
2009#1901,705
2008#1931,741
2007#2971,136
2006#547539
2005#585487
2004#594473
2003#611438
2002#706354
2001#664379
2000#674358
1999#649355
1998#871242
1997#894225
1996#1,139159
1995#1,131155
1994#1,277133
1993#1,250138
1992#1,312128
1991#1,160151
1990#1,229136
1989#1,091153
1988#902192
1987#798219
1986#889185
1985#732236
1984#728225
1983#677252
1982#938159
1981#1,158115
1980#939159
1979#804196
1978#919154
1977#926151
1976#939136
1975#951132
1974#881147
1973#837156
1972#1,090104
1971#967131
1970#813170
1969#1,16991
1968#1,47359
1967#1,53753
1966#1,76641
1965#1,51654
1964#1,38366
1963#1,22680
1962#1,024110
1961#1,049109
1960#885139
1959#1,001111
1958#892131
1957#805158
1956#736172
1955#788148
1954#739156
1953#607214
1952#574228
1951#639184
1950#755131
1949#90396
1948#91490
1947#1,21755
1946#1,19252
1945#1,17545
1944#98862
1943#88478
1942#631142
1941#80980
1940#1,15040
1939#1,13241
1938#1,03148
1937#92955
1936#90157
1935#86663
1934#94853
1933#92354
1932#97952
1931#95353
1930#91663
1929#99453
1928#96759
1927#1,12746
1926#83677
1925#1,07450
1924#89371
1923#91264
1922#94961
1921#94661
1920#91463
1919#87564
1918#84872
1917#87962
1916#84065
1915#91752
1914#82750
1913#74849
1912#86833
1911#87524
1910#78130
1909#74729
1908#84921
1907#1,14212
1906#1,00214
1905#77722
1904#80520
1903#81318
1902#73422
1901#82916
1900#80321
1899#62924
1898#61028
1897#78616
1896#75418
1895#81515
1894#64321
1893#66219
1892#63820
1891#48328
1890#57820
1889#56720
1888#57219
1887#60814
1886#57215
1885#62912
1884#50117
1883#57911
1882#59610
1881#53910
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delilah was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

Where Delilah is popular in 2011

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedAKMaine: #222 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 732 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedNHWashington: #181 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 775 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #256 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,087 girlsMNIllinois: #143 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 668 girlsILWisconsin: #246 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsWIMichigan: #239 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,119 girlsMINew York: #208 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 1,042 girlsNYMassachusetts: #313 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedRIOregon: #175 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 674 girlsORNevada: #72 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 318 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedSDIowa: #230 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 888 girlsIAIndiana: #200 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 867 girlsINOhio: #308 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,518 girlsOHPennsylvania: #268 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,257 girlsPANew Jersey: #355 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsNJConnecticut: #219 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 862 girlsCTCalifornia: #70 for girls · 531 births · 1 in 391 girlsCAUtah: #249 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,056 girlsUTColorado: #207 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 861 girlsCONebraska: #223 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 778 girlsNEMissouri: #247 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,082 girlsMOKentucky: #295 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsKYWest Virginia: #224 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 818 girlsWVVirginia: #353 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,639 girlsVAMaryland: #239 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 999 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedDEArizona: #119 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 517 girlsAZNew Mexico: #99 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 407 girlsNMKansas: #367 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,410 girlsKSArkansas: #533 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,304 girlsARTennessee: #264 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,184 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #225 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,027 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #306 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,248 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Delilah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #237 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 963 girlsOKLouisiana: #297 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,221 girlsLAMississippi: #418 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsMSAlabama: #339 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsALGeorgia: #309 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,403 girlsGAHawaii: #132 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 420 girlsHITexas: #121 for girls · 246 births · 1 in 634 girlsTXFlorida: #204 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 982 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#70 · 1 in 391
  2. Nevada#72 · 1 in 318
  3. New Mexico#99 · 1 in 407
  4. Arizona#119 · 1 in 517
  5. Texas#121 · 1 in 634

Best ever in a state: #17 in Nevada, 2022.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#705311 in 391
Nevada#72331 in 318
New Mexico#99181 in 407
Arizona#119591 in 517
Texas#1212461 in 634
Hawaii#13281 in 420
Illinois#143891 in 668
Oregon#175221 in 674
Washington#181391 in 775
Indiana#200351 in 867
Florida#204811 in 982
Colorado#207261 in 861
New York#208891 in 1,042
Connecticut#219141 in 862
Maine#22251 in 732
Nebraska#223101 in 778
West Virginia#22481 in 818
North Carolina#225431 in 1,027
Iowa#230141 in 888
Oklahoma#237171 in 963
Maryland#239241 in 999
Michigan#239371 in 1,119
Wisconsin#246221 in 1,065
Missouri#247251 in 1,082
Utah#249171 in 1,056
Minnesota#256221 in 1,087
Tennessee#264251 in 1,184
Pennsylvania#268421 in 1,257
Kentucky#295141 in 1,313
Louisiana#297161 in 1,221
South Carolina#306141 in 1,248
Ohio#308341 in 1,518
Georgia#309341 in 1,403
Massachusetts#313181 in 1,419
Alabama#339131 in 1,437
Virginia#353221 in 1,639
New Jersey#355221 in 1,680
Kansas#36791 in 1,410
Mississippi#41871 in 1,590
Arkansas#53351 in 2,304
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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 Delilah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#50 → #51)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#70 → #51)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#115 → #51)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1970 (#1,169 → #813)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1927 (#836 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #50 (4,254 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 381
  • Highest: 1 in 381 girls born in 2024 were named Delilah (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 389 girls born in 2025 (0.26%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Delilah (25,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s138#501 (1884)#571
1890s209#483 (1891)#660
1900s195#734 (1902)#850
1910s501#748 (1913)#846
1920s605#836 (1926)#961
1930s539#866 (1935)#958
1940s740#631 (1942)#986
1950s1,633#574 (1952)#754
1960s802#885 (1960)#1,303
1970s1,477#804 (1979)#913
1980s1,895#677 (1983)#885
1990s1,822#649 (1999)#1,091
2000s7,610#190 (2009)#506
2010s25,018#88 (2019)#129
2020s23,499#50 (2024)#57

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.

Delilah in 2011

girls
#171
1,838 births · 1 in 957 girls

Top girls' names in 2011

  1. #1Sophia21,863
  2. #2Isabella19,931
  3. #3Emma18,825
  4. #4Olivia17,335
  5. #5Ava15,518
  6. #6Emily14,277
  7. #7Abigail13,266
  8. #8Madison12,406
  9. #9Mia11,543
  10. #10Chloe11,007
  11. #171Delilah1,838
More about 2011

girls

1,759,066 girls got a published name in 2011; 1 in 957 of them was named Delilah, which outranked 99.1% of the 19,590 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delilah
  1. #168Penelope1,871
  2. #169Daniela1,870
  3. #170Jenna1,841
  4. #171Delilah1,838
  5. #172Ashlyn1,834
  6. #173Summer1,817
  7. #174Mila1,798
Biggest movers since 2010
Risers
  1. ↑ 814Milania#1,629 → #815
  2. ↑ 554Alianna#1,529 → #975
  3. ↑ 444Hattie#1,438 → #994
  4. ↑ 419Aviana#1,185 → #766
  5. ↑ 414Avianna#1,249 → #835
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,131Allisson#796 → #1,927
  2. ↓ 350Shaniya#565 → #915
  3. ↓ 346Brisa#464 → #810
  4. ↓ 335Alexus#976 → #1,311
  5. ↓ 273Abigale#909 → #1,182

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2011 →