Delmar
Last seen for girls in 1957 at #4,918 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1931 · 354 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,242since 1880
Delmar over time
Rank among boys' names. Delmar has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | — | #5,861 | 15 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,701 | 21 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,147 | 14 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,494 | 22 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,275 | 23 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,806 | 20 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,354 | 23 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,111 | 18 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,883 | 27 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #4,138 | 24 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,405 | 31 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,110 | 24 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,687 | 28 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,303 | 16 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,631 | 18 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,636 | 25 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,838 | 22 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,302 | 18 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,075 | 28 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,279 | 24 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,092 | 25 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,613 | 30 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,107 | 23 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,399 | 31 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,467 | 29 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,143 | 34 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,993 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,035 | 31 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,829 | 35 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,614 | 39 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,490 | 41 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,774 | 32 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,270 | 52 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,391 | 46 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,304 | 50 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,214 | 54 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,187 | 55 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #984 | 69 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,135 | 52 | |
| 1973 | — | #971 | 69 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,098 | 55 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,034 | 62 | |
| 1970 | — | #898 | 80 | |
| 1969 | — | #944 | 66 | |
| 1968 | — | #869 | 69 | |
| 1967 | — | #827 | 75 | |
| 1966 | — | #895 | 65 | |
| 1965 | — | #837 | 77 | |
| 1964 | — | #867 | 77 | |
| 1963 | — | #753 | 106 | |
| 1962 | — | #793 | 92 | |
| 1961 | — | #797 | 91 | |
| 1960 | — | #748 | 106 | |
| 1959 | — | #742 | 106 | |
| 1958 | — | #786 | 90 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #660 | 134 |
| 1956 | — | #673 | 126 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #656 | 125 |
| 1954 | — | #597 | 154 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #601 | 145 |
| 1952 | — | #599 | 138 | |
| 1951 | — | #540 | 158 | |
| 1950 | — | #558 | 147 | |
| 1949 | — | #555 | 146 | |
| 1948 | — | #507 | 170 | |
| 1947 | — | #455 | 217 | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | #475 | 183 |
| 1945 | — | #493 | 149 | |
| 1944 | — | #468 | 169 | |
| 1943 | — | #423 | 215 | |
| 1942 | — | #418 | 217 | |
| 1941 | — | #374 | 239 | |
| 1940 | — | #379 | 227 | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #337 | 275 |
| 1938 | — | #345 | 263 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #338 | 259 |
| 1936 | — | #304 | 305 | |
| 1935 | — | #318 | 289 | |
| 1934 | — | #312 | 303 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #304 | 310 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | #314 | 304 |
| 1931 | — | #294 | 354 | |
| 1930 | — | #312 | 332 | |
| 1929 | — | #318 | 300 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #304 | 332 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #307 | 353 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #321 | 314 |
| 1925 | — | #314 | 328 | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #341 | 292 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #330 | 313 |
| 1922 | — | #328 | 310 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #321 | 330 |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #315 | 335 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #322 | 302 |
| 1918 | — | #340 | 285 | |
| 1917 | — | #329 | 274 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #364 | 223 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #375 | 205 |
| 1914 | — | #376 | 159 | |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 | #409 | 111 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | #372 | 107 |
| 1911 | — | #389 | 53 | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #501 | 31 |
| 1909 | — | #311 | 55 | |
| 1908 | — | #452 | 29 | |
| 1907 | — | #351 | 39 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #549 | 18 | |
| 1904 | — | #492 | 19 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #536 | 16 | |
| 1901 | — | #536 | 14 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #635 | 12 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #778 | 9 | |
| 1895 | — | #491 | 17 | |
| 1894 | — | #954 | 6 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #752 | 7 | |
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #836 | 6 | |
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | #866 | 5 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Delmar was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Delmar is popular in 1900
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Delmar
- 1,160 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #5,861)
- 1,586 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #5,861)
- 115 spots since 2015 (#5,746 → #5,861)
- Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1895 (#954 → #491)
- Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1889 (#648 → #974)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1931 at #294 (354 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1894–1970
- Highest: 1 in 2,937 boys born in 1931 were named Delmar (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all boys named Delmar (3,207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | #648 (1888) | #834 |
| 1890s | 77 | #491 (1895) | #770 |
| 1900s | 244 | #311 (1909) | #497 |
| 1910s | 1,750 | #322 (1919) | #378 |
| 1920s | 3,207 | #304 (1928) | #320 |
| 1930s | 2,994 | #294 (1931) | #318 |
| 1940s | 1,932 | #374 (1941) | #455 |
| 1950s | 1,323 | #540 (1951) | #641 |
| 1960s | 824 | #748 (1960) | #833 |
| 1970s | 595 | #898 (1970) | #1,106 |
| 1980s | 376 | #1,270 (1981) | #1,707 |
| 1990s | 292 | #1,809 (1990) | #2,637 |
| 2000s | 219 | #3,075 (2000) | #4,157 |
| 2010s | 224 | #3,405 (2013) | #4,466 |
| 2020s | 123 | #3,883 (2023) | #4,894 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Delmar in 1900
Top boys' names in 1900
More about 1900
boys
150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 15,047 of them was named Delmar, which outranked 44.5% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).