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
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 428 births
- Debut · girls
- 391 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,810since 1880
Della over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #563 | 533 | — | |
| 2024 | #579 | 520 | — | |
| 2023 | #645 | 453 | — | |
| 2022 | #660 | 449 | — | |
| 2021 | #710 | 405 | — | |
| 2020 | #915 | 284 | — | |
| 2019 | #808 | 339 | — | |
| 2018 | #864 | 314 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,027 | 252 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,051 | 248 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,155 | 218 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,248 | 194 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,399 | 164 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,346 | 174 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,722 | 120 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,462 | 77 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,296 | 78 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,413 | 68 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,398 | 54 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,295 | 57 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,860 | 62 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,216 | 108 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,154 | 115 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,096 | 119 | — | |
| 1977 | #832 | 180 | — | |
| 1976 | #908 | 145 | — | |
| 1975 | #823 | 165 | — | |
| 1974 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1973 | #774 | 173 | — | |
| 1972 | #708 | 204 | — | |
| 1971 | #656 | 247 | — | |
| 1970 | #599 | 291 | — | |
| 1969 | #579 | 291 | — | |
| 1968 | #529 | 324 | — | |
| 1967 | #522 | 326 | — | |
| 1966 | #487 | 369 | — | |
| 1965 | #481 | 389 | — | |
| 1964 | #453 | 469 | — | |
| 1963 | #418 | 535 | — | |
| 1962 | #427 | 520 | — | |
| 1961 | #389 | 615 | — | |
| 1960 | #353 | 745 | — | |
| 1959 | #366 | 676 | — | |
| 1958 | #359 | 663 | — | |
| 1957 | #393 | 538 | — | |
| 1956 | #383 | 542 | — | |
| 1955 | #359 | 590 | — | |
| 1954 | #354 | 591 | — | |
| 1953 | #362 | 550 | — | |
| 1952 | #334 | 614 | — | |
| 1951 | #308 | 654 | — | |
| 1950 | #312 | 620 | — | |
| 1949 | #324 | 574 | — | |
| 1948 | #310 | 611 | — | |
| 1947 | #286 | 732 | — | |
| 1946 | #305 | 588 | — | |
| 1945 | #297 | 532 | — | |
| 1944 | #276 | 635 | — | |
| 1943 | #269 | 682 | — | |
| 1942 | #262 | 681 | — | |
| 1941 | #250 | 673 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #248 | 650 | — | |
| 1939 | #238 | 680 | — | |
| 1938 | #223 | 748 | — | |
| 1937 | #213 | 787 | — | |
| 1936 | #225 | 721 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #220 | 774 | — | |
| 1934 | #220 | 796 | — | |
| 1933 | #206 | 850 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #213 | 844 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #210 | 863 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #207 | 887 | — | |
| 1929 | #211 | 866 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #209 | 897 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #208 | 946 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #196 | 1,009 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #197 | 1,028 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #200 | 1,050 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #192 | 1,125 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #185 | 1,155 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #187 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1920 | #183 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1919 | #175 | 1,190 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #177 | 1,162 | — | |
| 1917 | #168 | 1,192 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #165 | 1,172 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #169 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1914 | #165 | 879 | — | |
| 1913 | #151 | 789 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #148 | 733 | — | |
| 1911 | #130 | 645 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #137 | 602 | — | |
| 1909 | #125 | 568 | — | |
| 1908 | #123 | 549 | — | |
| 1907 | #113 | 582 | — | |
| 1906 | #112 | 557 | — | |
| 1905 | #109 | 593 | — | |
| 1904 | #102 | 607 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #96 | 611 | — | |
| 1902 | #96 | 609 | — | |
| 1901 | #100 | 534 | — | |
| 1900 | #90 | 748 | — | |
| 1899 | #91 | 595 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #91 | 656 | — | |
| 1897 | #86 | 624 | — | |
| 1896 | #85 | 642 | — | |
| 1895 | #86 | 648 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #77 | 681 | — | |
| 1893 | #76 | 660 | — | |
| 1892 | #76 | 666 | — | |
| 1891 | #74 | 607 | — | |
| 1890 | #72 | 631 | — | |
| 1889 | #72 | 606 | — | |
| 1888 | #71 | 621 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #74 | 496 | — | |
| 1886 | #67 | 565 | — | |
| 1885 | #71 | 500 | — | |
| 1884 | #65 | 541 | — | |
| 1883 | #66 | 453 | — | |
| 1882 | #66 | 447 | — | |
| 1881 | #60 | 428 | — | |
| 1880 | #66 | 391 | — | |
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 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#398 · 1 in 2,191
- Kentucky#412 · 1 in 3,413
- Ohio#609 · 1 in 6,269
- North Carolina#721 · 1 in 6,474
- Florida#949 · 1 in 8,805
Best ever in a state: #25 in Nevada, 1921.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #398 | 7 | 1 in 2,191 |
| Kentucky | #412 | 7 | 1 in 3,413 |
| Ohio | #609 | 11 | 1 in 6,269 |
| North Carolina | #721 | 5 | 1 in 6,474 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| Illinois | #1,232 | 5 | 1 in 14,181 |
| Texas | #1,297 | 7 | 1 in 14,770 |
| California | #1,454 | 9 | 1 in 17,037 |
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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 Della
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #60 (428 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 91 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1977
- Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1881 were named Della (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,016 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 14.6% of all girls named Della (10,366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,048 | #60 (1881) | #68 |
| 1890s | 6,410 | #72 (1890) | #81 |
| 1900s | 5,958 | #90 (1900) | #107 |
| 1910s | 9,450 | #130 (1911) | #159 |
| 1920s | 10,366 | #183 (1920) | #197 |
| 1930s | 7,950 | #206 (1933) | #218 |
| 1940s | 6,358 | #248 (1940) | #283 |
| 1950s | 6,038 | #308 (1951) | #353 |
| 1960s | 4,583 | #353 (1960) | #464 |
| 1970s | 1,804 | #599 (1970) | #837 |
| 1980s | 814 | #1,216 (1980) | #1,554 |
| 1990s | 512 | #2,239 (1992) | #2,538 |
| 2000s | 719 | #1,848 (2009) | #2,496 |
| 2010s | 2,156 | #808 (2019) | #1,224 |
| 2020s | 2,644 | #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 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 12,873 of them was named Della, which outranked 90.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,087Lauri120
- #1,087Luisa120
- #1,087Petra120
- #1,096Della119
- #1,096Cherise119
- #1,096Chloe119
- #1,096Elana119
- #1,104Chante118
- #1,104Charles118
- #1,104Inez118
Tied with 7 names at #1,096; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.