Delpha
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #10,210
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,025since 1882
Delpha over time
Rank among girls' names. Delpha has never cracked the top 600 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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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
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| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 |
| 1951 | #3,482 | 10 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,769 | 14 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #2,079 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,592 | 27 |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 |
| 1938 | #1,200 | 37 |
| 1937 | #1,196 | 36 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,158 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,147 | 39 |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1930 | #993 | 55 |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 |
| 1928 | #1,061 | 50 |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 |
| 1926 | #1,181 | 42 |
| 1925 | #1,008 | 55 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,015 | 55 |
| 1922 | #939 | 62 |
| 1921 | #857 | 74 |
| 1920 | #880 | 68 |
| 1919 | #850 | 67 |
| 1918 | #915 | 61 |
| 1917 | #945 | 54 |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 |
| 1915 | #934 | 50 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 |
| 1912 | #890 | 32 |
| 1911 | #958 | 21 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #970 | 17 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 |
| 1902 | #797 | 19 |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 |
| 1900 | #780 | 22 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 |
| 1894 | #950 | 11 |
| 1893 | #901 | 11 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Delpha! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Delpha is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#373 · 1 in 3,358
- Missouri#376 · 1 in 3,620
- Oklahoma#472 · 1 in 4,441
Best ever in a state: #169 in Idaho, 1917.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| West Virginia | #373 | 5 | 1 in 3,358 |
| Missouri | #376 | 8 | 1 in 3,620 |
| Oklahoma | #472 | 5 | 1 in 4,441 |
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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 Delpha
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Biggest jump: 377 spots in 1911 (#1,335 → #958)
- Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1884 (#651 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1883 at #651 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1892–1906
- Highest: 1 in 12,480 girls born in 1883 were named Delpha (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,054 girls born in 1979 (0.00%)
- 27.1% of all girls named Delpha (548) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 44 | #651 (1883) | #861 |
| 1890s | 122 | #754 (1896) | #924 |
| 1900s | 161 | #780 (1900) | #935 |
| 1910s | 424 | #840 (1916) | #971 |
| 1920s | 548 | #857 (1921) | #1,031 |
| 1930s | 360 | #993 (1930) | #1,244 |
| 1940s | 194 | #1,592 (1942) | #2,100 |
| 1950s | 116 | #2,535 (1950) | #3,586 |
| 1960s | 46 | #4,184 (1960) | #5,322 |
| 1970s | 10 | #8,324 (1971) | #9,267 |
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.
Delpha in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 16,867 of them was named Delpha, which outranked 84.7% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).