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

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Peak · girls
1948 · 321 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,500
since 1912

Delois over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Delois has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #445, 1948girls
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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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First appearance
1912

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
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMNIllinois: #630 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,252 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMOKentucky: #421 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,776 girlsKYWest Virginia: #372 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,787 girlsWVVirginia: #335 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,532 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedKSArkansas: #187 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 869 girlsARTennessee: #305 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,561 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #186 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,018 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #351 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,128 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #218 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,260 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedLAMississippi: #282 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,739 girlsMSAlabama: #298 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,272 girlsALGeorgia: #335 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedHITexas: #533 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 4,623 girlsTXFlorida: #306 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,118 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#186 · 1 in 1,018
  2. Arkansas#187 · 1 in 869
  3. Oklahoma#218 · 1 in 1,260
  4. Mississippi#282 · 1 in 1,739
  5. Alabama#298 · 1 in 2,272

Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1952.

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North Carolina#186371 in 1,018
Arkansas#187221 in 869
Oklahoma#218161 in 1,260
Mississippi#282131 in 1,739
Alabama#298131 in 2,272
Tennessee#305111 in 2,561
Florida#30671 in 2,118
Georgia#335111 in 2,887
Virginia#33571 in 3,532
South Carolina#35171 in 3,128
West Virginia#37251 in 3,787
Kentucky#42161 in 4,776
Texas#533131 in 4,623
Illinois#63051 in 11,252
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See more about Delois
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1948 at #445 (321 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1925–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,289
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 29.4% of all girls named Delois (2,495) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s168#1,133 (1919)#1,723
1920s649#750 (1928)#977
1930s1,539#477 (1937)#536
1940s2,495#445 (1948)#478
1950s2,346#499 (1952)#608
1960s952#842 (1960)#1,190
1970s218#1,931 (1970)#3,553
1980s92#4,476 (1983)#6,741
1990s41#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

girls
#502
189 births · 1 in 6,050 girls
boys
#3,459
5 births · 1 in 231,834 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #502Delois189

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #3,459Delois5
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).

Ranked beside Delois
  1. #499Jeanine192
  2. #500Carmella191
  3. #501Zelma190
  4. #502Delois189
  5. #502Nan189
  6. #504Annabelle188
  7. #504Hannah188
  8. #504Isabelle188

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,494Scarlett#3,429 → #935
  2. ↑ 1,465Lonna#2,206 → #741
  3. ↑ 834Pam#1,797 → #963
  4. ↑ 659Jody#1,638 → #979
  5. ↑ 633Laraine#1,474 → #841
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Fredia#996 → #1,477
  2. ↓ 430Eleanora#974 → #1,404
  3. ↓ 375Danielle#811 → #1,186
  4. ↓ 342Eloisa#930 → #1,272
  5. ↓ 298Coral#996 → #1,294

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

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).

Ranked beside Delois
  1. #3,130Willford6
  2. #3,130Willoughby6
  3. #3,130Yoshio6
  4. #3,459Delois5
  5. #3,459Abbey5
  6. #3,459Abron5
  7. #3,459Abundio5

Tied with 478 names at #3,459; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. ↑ 565Whitney#1,458 → #893
  2. ↑ 447Gonzalo#1,297 → #850
  3. ↑ 419Weston#1,323 → #904
  4. ↑ 368Ashley#1,272 → #904
  5. ↑ 366Agustin#1,238 → #872
Fallers
  1. ↓ 886Montie#916 → #1,802
  2. ↓ 446Verlon#888 → #1,334
  3. ↓ 394Issac#857 → #1,251
  4. ↓ 392Otho#942 → #1,334
  5. ↓ 384Pearl#867 → #1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940 →