Delphia
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,251since 1880
Delphia over time
Rank among girls' names. Delphia 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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,036 | 33 |
| 1960 | #1,982 | 33 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,872 | 34 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 |
| 1954 | #1,377 | 53 |
| 1953 | #2,173 | 23 |
| 1952 | #1,316 | 53 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 |
| 1950 | #1,955 | 24 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,327 | 38 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 |
| 1940 | #1,203 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #972 | 53 |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 |
| 1936 | #1,081 | 42 |
| 1935 | #946 | 54 |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 |
| 1933 | #858 | 61 |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 |
| 1930 | #859 | 69 |
| 1929 | #809 | 76 |
| 1928 | #786 | 83 |
| 1927 | #731 | 96 |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 |
| 1925 | #833 | 80 |
| 1924 | #688 | 116 |
| 1923 | #746 | 96 |
| 1922 | #711 | 104 |
| 1921 | #694 | 113 |
| 1920 | #750 | 93 |
| 1919 | #680 | 105 |
| 1918 | #777 | 85 |
| 1917 | #641 | 112 |
| 1916 | #706 | 95 |
| 1915 | #675 | 95 |
| 1914 | #656 | 78 |
| 1913 | #618 | 70 |
| 1912 | #560 | 74 |
| 1911 | #558 | 58 |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 |
| 1909 | #574 | 45 |
| 1908 | #563 | 44 |
| 1907 | #535 | 45 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 |
| 1904 | #612 | 31 |
| 1903 | #492 | 42 |
| 1902 | #502 | 40 |
| 1901 | #475 | 40 |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 |
| 1899 | #550 | 30 |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 |
| 1897 | #509 | 33 |
| 1896 | #553 | 30 |
| 1895 | #607 | 25 |
| 1894 | #557 | 27 |
| 1893 | #464 | 33 |
| 1892 | #540 | 26 |
| 1891 | #589 | 20 |
| 1890 | #558 | 22 |
| 1889 | #499 | 25 |
| 1888 | #548 | 21 |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 |
| 1885 | #542 | 16 |
| 1884 | #686 | 10 |
| 1883 | #561 | 12 |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Delphia was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Delphia is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#173 · 1 in 988
- Kentucky#252 · 1 in 1,689
- Indiana#346 · 1 in 4,042
- Missouri#376 · 1 in 3,620
- Virginia#389 · 1 in 4,573
Best ever in a state: #133 in West Virginia, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #173 | 17 | 1 in 988 |
| Kentucky | #252 | 16 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Indiana | #346 | 6 | 1 in 4,042 |
| Missouri | #376 | 8 | 1 in 3,620 |
| Virginia | #389 | 6 | 1 in 4,573 |
| Tennessee | #413 | 6 | 1 in 4,312 |
| Arkansas | #433 | 6 | 1 in 3,382 |
| North Carolina | #526 | 5 | 1 in 7,205 |
| Illinois | #619 | 5 | 1 in 11,390 |
| Texas | #892 | 5 | 1 in 10,372 |
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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 Delphia
- 5,836 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #9,457)
- 5,025 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #9,457)
- Biggest jump: 210 spots in 1941 (#1,203 → #993)
- Biggest drop: 213 spots in 1942 (#993 → #1,206)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #464 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 71 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1882–1933
- Highest: 1 in 5,984 girls born in 1901 were named Delphia (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #464 in 1893, was only 1 in 6,452 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.1% of all girls named Delphia (938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 125 | #499 (1889) | #610 |
| 1890s | 283 | #464 (1893) | #544 |
| 1900s | 397 | #475 (1901) | #549 |
| 1910s | 822 | #558 (1911) | #646 |
| 1920s | 938 | #688 (1924) | #755 |
| 1930s | 547 | #819 (1931) | #958 |
| 1940s | 366 | #993 (1941) | #1,424 |
| 1950s | 335 | #1,316 (1952) | #1,877 |
| 1960s | 224 | #1,982 (1960) | #2,778 |
| 1970s | 109 | #3,276 (1972) | #5,252 |
| 1980s | 47 | #5,911 (1982) | #8,854 |
| 1990s | 11 | #11,509 (1991) | #12,470 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,636 (2007) | #17,636 |
| 2010s | 27 | #10,859 (2016) | #13,642 |
| 2020s | 15 | #9,457 (2025) | #12,375 |
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.
Delphia in 1919
Top girls' names in 1919
More about 1919
girls
1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 10,763 of them was named Delphia, which outranked 87.8% 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).
- #677Emogene107
- #677Leatha107
- #679Dorcas106
- #680Delphia105
- #680Bethel105
- #680Bettye105
- #680Carmel105
- #685Dena104
- #685Doretha104
- #685Eve104
Tied with 4 names at #680; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.