Delphine
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · Last seen for boys in 1933 at #3,642
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 242 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,448since 1880
Delphine over time
Rank among girls' names. Delphine 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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,585 | 43 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,171 | 51 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,546 | 42 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,245 | 49 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,411 | 46 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,890 | 60 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,178 | 35 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,076 | 36 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #5,602 | 24 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,677 | 31 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #6,576 | 17 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | — | |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,506 | 23 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,333 | 24 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,512 | 21 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,002 | 24 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,172 | 37 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,057 | 38 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,931 | 44 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,871 | 44 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,594 | 52 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,051 | 106 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,139 | 92 | — | |
| 1962 | #904 | 136 | — | |
| 1961 | #805 | 169 | — | |
| 1960 | #733 | 191 | — | |
| 1959 | #628 | 251 | — | |
| 1958 | #520 | 348 | — | |
| 1957 | #887 | 132 | — | |
| 1956 | #799 | 154 | — | |
| 1955 | #890 | 120 | — | |
| 1954 | #793 | 140 | — | |
| 1953 | #787 | 136 | — | |
| 1952 | #726 | 150 | — | |
| 1951 | #737 | 141 | — | |
| 1950 | #869 | 104 | — | |
| 1949 | #948 | 88 | — | |
| 1948 | #890 | 95 | — | |
| 1947 | #979 | 81 | — | |
| 1946 | #867 | 91 | — | |
| 1945 | #799 | 89 | — | |
| 1944 | #762 | 100 | — | |
| 1943 | #710 | 117 | — | |
| 1942 | #708 | 111 | — | |
| 1941 | #655 | 117 | — | |
| 1940 | #645 | 116 | — | |
| 1939 | #599 | 126 | — | |
| 1938 | #586 | 138 | — | |
| 1937 | #565 | 144 | — | |
| 1936 | #511 | 163 | — | |
| 1935 | #504 | 160 | — | |
| 1934 | #491 | 170 | — | |
| 1933 | #478 | 180 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #483 | 187 | — | |
| 1931 | #435 | 220 | — | |
| 1930 | #427 | 242 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #437 | 226 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #433 | 242 | — | |
| 1927 | #452 | 237 | — | |
| 1926 | #489 | 203 | — | |
| 1925 | #490 | 204 | — | |
| 1924 | #466 | 223 | — | |
| 1923 | #491 | 199 | — | |
| 1922 | #523 | 180 | — | |
| 1921 | #488 | 201 | — | |
| 1920 | #559 | 165 | — | |
| 1919 | #569 | 147 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #632 | 125 | — | |
| 1917 | #598 | 130 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #573 | 137 | — | |
| 1915 | #586 | 123 | — | |
| 1914 | #540 | 107 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #637 | 66 | — | |
| 1912 | #555 | 77 | — | |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 | — | |
| 1910 | #570 | 52 | — | |
| 1909 | #644 | 37 | — | |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 | — | |
| 1907 | #694 | 30 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #683 | 27 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #699 | 21 | — | |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #750 | 20 | — | |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #790 | 17 | — | |
| 1895 | #893 | 13 | — | |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #642 | 17 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #690 | 14 | — | |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 | — | |
| 1886 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 | — | |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 | — | |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Delphine was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Delphine is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,454 · 1 in 27,248
Best ever in a state: #98 in Michigan, 1928.
Show every state
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| New York | #1,454 | 5 | 1 in 27,248 |
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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 Delphine
- 62 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,577)
- 31 spots since 2020 (#3,546 → #3,577)
- 687 spots since 2015 (#2,890 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1958 (#887 → #520)
- Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1885 (#731 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1930 at #427 (242 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1886–1962
- Highest: 1 in 4,653 girls born in 1930 were named Delphine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.9% of all girls named Delphine (2,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 102 | #499 (1883) | #709 |
| 1890s | 161 | #642 (1890) | #772 |
| 1900s | 287 | #576 (1900) | #670 |
| 1910s | 1,021 | #540 (1914) | #582 |
| 1920s | 2,080 | #433 (1928) | #483 |
| 1930s | 1,730 | #427 (1930) | #508 |
| 1940s | 1,005 | #645 (1940) | #796 |
| 1950s | 1,676 | #520 (1958) | #764 |
| 1960s | 987 | #733 (1960) | #1,222 |
| 1970s | 343 | #1,594 (1971) | #2,530 |
| 1980s | 141 | #3,506 (1980) | #5,450 |
| 1990s | 103 | #6,257 (1995) | #8,382 |
| 2000s | 154 | #4,677 (2009) | #8,053 |
| 2010s | 397 | #2,890 (2015) | #3,993 |
| 2020s | 261 | #3,171 (2022) | #3,533 |
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.
Delphine in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 31,546 of them was named Delphine, which outranked 80.6% 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).
- #1,575Rosella53
- #1,575Shane53
- #1,575Sherron53
- #1,594Delphine52
- #1,594Alta52
- #1,594Christiane52
- #1,594Darnell52
- #1,607Alisia51
- #1,607Caterina51
- #1,607Danica51
Tied with 12 names at #1,594; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.