Delta

Where Delta comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Delta.

  • Vowel-ended
Delta through the years
  1. 1883
    First appearance
    #754 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1893
    Peak, #713
    17 babies named Delta, its best rank.
  3. 1956
    Delta Burke born
    actress
  4. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #6,804.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Delta Burke · actress, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.