Delois
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #2,996
Given to girls 98.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 321 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,500since 1912
Delois over time
Rank among girls' names. Delois has never cracked the top 400 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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| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
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| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | — | |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | — | |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,435 | 62 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,478 | 57 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,178 | 82 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,135 | 87 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,153 | 91 | — | |
| 1963 | #920 | 131 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,008 | 113 | — | |
| 1961 | #937 | 132 | — | |
| 1960 | #842 | 151 | — | |
| 1959 | #829 | 153 | — | |
| 1958 | #780 | 164 | — | |
| 1957 | #619 | 253 | — | |
| 1956 | #614 | 242 | — | |
| 1955 | #592 | 241 | — | |
| 1954 | #588 | 236 | — | |
| 1953 | #552 | 250 | — | |
| 1952 | #499 | 283 | — | |
| 1951 | #499 | 270 | — | |
| 1950 | #508 | 254 | — | |
| 1949 | #481 | 278 | — | |
| 1948 | #445 | 321 | — | |
| 1947 | #482 | 290 | — | |
| 1946 | #467 | 282 | — | |
| 1945 | #469 | 233 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #461 | 242 | — | |
| 1943 | #496 | 225 | — | |
| 1942 | #503 | 217 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #474 | 218 | — | |
| 1940 | #502 | 189 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #522 | 163 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #489 | 184 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #477 | 189 | — | |
| 1936 | #492 | 173 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #504 | 160 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #482 | 175 | — | |
| 1933 | #558 | 131 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #559 | 137 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #631 | 110 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #641 | 117 | — | |
| 1929 | #779 | 80 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #750 | 90 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #824 | 79 | — | |
| 1926 | #757 | 91 | — | |
| 1925 | #800 | 85 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,123 | 48 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #1,022 | 54 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #1,132 | 44 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,133 | 42 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,773 | 20 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,805 | 19 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,800 | 18 | #3,392 | 6 |
| 1914 | #2,009 | 12 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Delois! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Delois is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Carolina#186 · 1 in 1,018
- Arkansas#187 · 1 in 869
- Oklahoma#218 · 1 in 1,260
- Mississippi#282 · 1 in 1,739
- Alabama#298 · 1 in 2,272
Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #186 | 37 | 1 in 1,018 |
| Arkansas | #187 | 22 | 1 in 869 |
| Oklahoma | #218 | 16 | 1 in 1,260 |
| Mississippi | #282 | 13 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Alabama | #298 | 13 | 1 in 2,272 |
| Tennessee | #305 | 11 | 1 in 2,561 |
| Florida | #306 | 7 | 1 in 2,118 |
| Georgia | #335 | 11 | 1 in 2,887 |
| Virginia | #335 | 7 | 1 in 3,532 |
| South Carolina | #351 | 7 | 1 in 3,128 |
| West Virginia | #372 | 5 | 1 in 3,787 |
| Kentucky | #421 | 6 | 1 in 4,776 |
| Texas | #533 | 13 | 1 in 4,623 |
| Illinois | #630 | 5 | 1 in 11,252 |
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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 Delois
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1925 (#1,123 → #800)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1964 (#920 → #1,153)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1948 at #445 (321 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1925–1961
- Highest: 1 in 5,289 girls born in 1948 were named Delois (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 253,403 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
- 29.4% of all girls named Delois (2,495) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 168 | #1,133 (1919) | #1,723 |
| 1920s | 649 | #750 (1928) | #977 |
| 1930s | 1,539 | #477 (1937) | #536 |
| 1940s | 2,495 | #445 (1948) | #478 |
| 1950s | 2,346 | #499 (1952) | #608 |
| 1960s | 952 | #842 (1960) | #1,190 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,931 (1970) | #3,553 |
| 1980s | 92 | #4,476 (1983) | #6,741 |
| 1990s | 41 | #8,734 (1992) | #11,059 |
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.
Delois in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,050 of them was named Delois, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 231,834 of them was named Delois, which outranked 12.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.