Della

#563 for girls in 2025, 533 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #2,872
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 428 births
Debut · girls
391 births
In top 100 · girls
24 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,810
since 1880

Della over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #60, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#563533—
2024#579520—
2023#645453—
2022#660449—
2021#710405—
2020#915284—
2019#808339—
2018#864314—
2017#1,027252—
2016#1,051248—
2015#1,155218—
2014#1,248194—
2013#1,399164—
2012#1,346174—
2011#1,722120—
2010#1,621133—
2009#1,848115—
2008#2,46277—
2007#2,68468—
2006#2,20687—
2005#2,29678—
2004#2,30975—
2003#2,41368—
2002#2,52762—
2001#3,14244—
2000#3,07045—
1999#2,73750—
1998#3,30137—
1997#2,87442—
1996#2,39854—
1995#2,42153—
1994#2,29557—
1993#2,53349—
1992#2,23959—
1991#2,32055—
1990#2,25856—
1989#1,71779—
1988#1,91164—
1987#1,86062—
1986#1,48484—
1985#1,88259—
1984#1,53574—
1983#1,32890—
1982#1,30896—
1981#1,29498—
1980#1,216108—
1979#1,154115—
1978#1,096119—
1977#832180—
1976#908145—
1975#823165—
1974#815165—
1973#774173—
1972#708204—
1971#656247—
1970#599291—
1969#579291—
1968#529324—
1967#522326—
1966#487369—
1965#481389—
1964#453469—
1963#418535—
1962#427520—
1961#389615—
1960#353745—
1959#366676—
1958#359663—
1957#393538—
1956#383542—
1955#359590—
1954#354591—
1953#362550—
1952#334614—
1951#308654—
1950#312620—
1949#324574—
1948#310611—
1947#286732—
1946#305588—
1945#297532—
1944#276635—
1943#269682—
1942#262681—
1941#250673#2,8727
1940#248650—
1939#238680—
1938#223748—
1937#213787—
1936#225721#3,5495
1935#220774—
1934#220796—
1933#206850#3,6425
1932#213844#3,3616
1931#210863#3,3906
1930#207887—
1929#211866#3,5596
1928#209897#3,0768
1927#208946#3,1518
1926#1961,009#3,7086
1925#1971,028#3,7416
1924#2001,050#2,47312
1923#1921,125#3,8226
1922#1851,155#4,3075
1921#1871,153—
1920#1831,137—
1919#1751,190#4,1685
1918#1771,162—
1917#1681,192#3,5456
1916#1651,172#3,5166
1915#1691,086—
1914#165879—
1913#151789#2,2737
1912#148733—
1911#130645#1,3877
1910#137602—
1909#125568—
1908#123549—
1907#113582—
1906#112557—
1905#109593—
1904#102607#1,0646
1903#96611—
1902#96609—
1901#100534—
1900#90748—
1899#91595#1,0515
1898#91656—
1897#86624—
1896#85642—
1895#86648#1,0795
1894#77681—
1893#76660—
1892#76666—
1891#74607—
1890#72631—
1889#72606—
1888#71621#9176
1887#74496—
1886#67565—
1885#71500—
1884#65541—
1883#66453—
1882#66447—
1881#60428—
1880#66391—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Della was already there! It came in at #66, and was given to 391 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–2001, when fewer than 55 girls a year got the name.

Where Della is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Della
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#579 → #563)
  • 352 spots since 2020 (#915 → #563)
  • 592 spots since 2015 (#1,155 → #563)
  • Biggest jump: 205 spots in 2021 (#915 → #710)
  • Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1978 (#832 → #1,096)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #60 (428 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 91 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1880–1903
  • Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 215
  • Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1881 were named Della (0.47%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,016 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.6% of all girls named Della (10,366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,048#60 (1881)#68
1890s6,410#72 (1890)#81
1900s5,958#90 (1900)#107
1910s9,450#130 (1911)#159
1920s10,366#183 (1920)#197
1930s7,950#206 (1933)#218
1940s6,358#248 (1940)#283
1950s6,038#308 (1951)#353
1960s4,583#353 (1960)#464
1970s1,804#599 (1970)#837
1980s814#1,216 (1980)#1,554
1990s512#2,239 (1992)#2,538
2000s719#1,848 (2009)#2,496
2010s2,156#808 (2019)#1,224
2020s2,644#563 (2025)#679

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.

Della in 1905

girls
#109
593 births · 1 in 492 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #109Della593
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 492 of them was named Della, which outranked 95.1% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Della
  1. #106Inez601
  2. #107Olive598
  3. #107Theresa598
  4. #109Della593
  5. #110Alberta577
  6. #111Nettie573
  7. #112Mable562
Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →