Delinda
Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869
- Peak · girls
- 1965 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,210since 1917
Delinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Delinda has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 |
| 2007 | — | |
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| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
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| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,715 | 30 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #2,094 | 38 |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 |
| 1971 | #1,560 | 62 |
| 1970 | #1,828 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,370 | 70 |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 |
| 1967 | #1,039 | 98 |
| 1966 | #1,129 | 88 |
| 1965 | #957 | 114 |
| 1964 | #982 | 117 |
| 1963 | #1,036 | 107 |
| 1962 | #1,138 | 92 |
| 1961 | #1,204 | 84 |
| 1960 | #1,467 | 56 |
| 1959 | #1,244 | 74 |
| 1958 | #1,143 | 86 |
| 1957 | #1,262 | 69 |
| 1956 | #1,066 | 92 |
| 1955 | #1,463 | 48 |
| 1954 | #1,465 | 47 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,820 | 30 |
| 1951 | #1,555 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,661 | 33 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 |
| 1942 | #1,917 | 20 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
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| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
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| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Delinda! It came in at #4,083, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Delinda is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#511 · 1 in 6,709
- Ohio#712 · 1 in 13,421
- Texas#802 · 1 in 10,439
- Michigan#860 · 1 in 18,798
Best ever in a state: #391 in Arkansas, 1965.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Kentucky | #511 | 5 | 1 in 6,709 |
| Ohio | #712 | 8 | 1 in 13,421 |
| Texas | #802 | 11 | 1 in 10,439 |
| Michigan | #860 | 5 | 1 in 18,798 |
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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 Delinda
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Biggest jump: 54 spots in 1964 (#1,036 → #982)
- Biggest drop: 172 spots in 1966 (#957 → #1,129)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1965 at #957 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1964–1965
- Highest: 1 in 15,484 girls born in 1965 were named Delinda (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 40.8% of all girls named Delinda (901) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #3,817 (1919) | #3,950 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 11 | #3,847 (1938) | #4,026 |
| 1940s | 213 | #1,512 (1949) | #2,174 |
| 1950s | 554 | #1,066 (1956) | #1,424 |
| 1960s | 901 | #957 (1965) | #1,159 |
| 1970s | 322 | #1,560 (1971) | #2,776 |
| 1980s | 129 | #3,992 (1980) | #6,277 |
| 1990s | 36 | #8,588 (1991) | #12,100 |
| 2000s | 26 | #10,084 (2008) | #11,758 |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,869 (2012) | #16,869 |
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.
Delinda in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 21,823 of them was named Delinda, which outranked 84.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,058Shirlee93
- #1,058Thea93
- #1,058Zoe93
- #1,066Delinda92
- #1,066Adeline92
- #1,066Aletha92
- #1,066Gabrielle92
- #1,076Aline91
- #1,076Carolynn91
- #1,076Cherryl91
Tied with 9 names at #1,066; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.