Delora
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 56 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,812since 1887
Delora over time
Rank among girls' names. Delora has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #3,188 | 22 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,173 | 35 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 |
| 1969 | #2,296 | 31 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 |
| 1967 | #2,432 | 25 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 |
| 1964 | #1,686 | 47 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,673 | 45 |
| 1959 | #1,695 | 42 |
| 1958 | #1,733 | 39 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #1,480 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,579 | 42 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,707 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,505 | 41 |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 |
| 1947 | #1,290 | 50 |
| 1946 | #1,559 | 32 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,527 | 30 |
| 1942 | #1,438 | 32 |
| 1941 | #1,206 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,140 | 40 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #979 | 49 |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 |
| 1934 | #981 | 49 |
| 1933 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 |
| 1930 | #1,019 | 52 |
| 1929 | #959 | 56 |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,261 | 39 |
| 1926 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 40 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,174 | 43 |
| 1922 | #1,168 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,168 | 43 |
| 1920 | #1,375 | 33 |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 |
| 1918 | #1,277 | 35 |
| 1917 | #923 | 56 |
| 1916 | #1,147 | 38 |
| 1915 | #1,367 | 27 |
| 1914 | #1,344 | 22 |
| 1913 | #1,405 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Delora! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Delora is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#379 · 1 in 3,537
- Oklahoma#443 · 1 in 3,962
- Missouri#448 · 1 in 4,761
- Arkansas#456 · 1 in 3,600
Best ever in a state: #218 in Washington, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #379 | 7 | 1 in 3,537 |
| Oklahoma | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,962 |
| Missouri | #448 | 6 | 1 in 4,761 |
| Arkansas | #456 | 5 | 1 in 3,600 |
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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 Delora
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1917 (#1,147 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1918 (#923 → #1,277)
- Debuted 1887
- Peaked 1917 at #923 (56 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 28 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1934–1936
- Highest: 1 in 19,308 girls born in 1917 were named Delora (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- 16.0% of all girls named Delora (449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #1,036 (1887) | #1,036 |
| 1890s | 15 | #1,485 (1894) | #1,580 |
| 1900s | 60 | #1,043 (1906) | #1,603 |
| 1910s | 267 | #923 (1917) | #1,409 |
| 1920s | 426 | #959 (1929) | #1,186 |
| 1930s | 449 | #965 (1935) | #1,061 |
| 1940s | 351 | #1,206 (1941) | #1,448 |
| 1950s | 405 | #1,383 (1951) | #1,614 |
| 1960s | 350 | #1,666 (1961) | #2,056 |
| 1970s | 243 | #2,160 (1970) | #3,248 |
| 1980s | 131 | #3,436 (1981) | #5,960 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,868 (1990) | #9,715 |
| 2000s | 21 | #10,102 (2001) | #12,916 |
| 2010s | 8 | #12,199 (2012) | #12,199 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,464 (2021) | #13,464 |
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.
Delora in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 19,308 of them was named Delora, which outranked 82.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).