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 | — | |
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| 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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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 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#291 · 1 in 1,640
- Tennessee#455 · 1 in 4,165
- Alabama#510 · 1 in 4,351
- Virginia#568 · 1 in 6,591
Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1952.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Mississippi | #291 | 11 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Tennessee | #455 | 7 | 1 in 4,165 |
| Alabama | #510 | 6 | 1 in 4,351 |
| Virginia | #568 | 5 | 1 in 6,591 |
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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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 26,458 of them was named Delois, which outranked 82.5% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,418Todd63
- #1,418Tracye63
- #1,418Zena63
- #1,435Delois62
- #1,435Alycia62
- #1,435Amalia62
- #1,435Christene62
- #1,451Anglea61
- #1,451Audrea61
- #1,451Chanel61
Tied with 15 names at #1,435; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.