Delton
#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 77 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,751since 1908
Delton over time
Rank among boys' names. Delton 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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #5,633 | 16 |
| 2021 | #4,362 | 23 |
| 2020 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #4,951 | 19 |
| 2018 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,064 | 24 |
| 2012 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #3,792 | 27 |
| 2010 | #3,708 | 28 |
| 2009 | #4,582 | 21 |
| 2008 | #3,561 | 30 |
| 2007 | #3,511 | 30 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #3,860 | 23 |
| 2003 | #3,528 | 25 |
| 2002 | #3,450 | 25 |
| 2001 | #3,410 | 25 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,626 | 28 |
| 1994 | #2,766 | 26 |
| 1993 | #2,577 | 28 |
| 1992 | #2,128 | 36 |
| 1991 | #2,095 | 35 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,359 | 28 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,161 | 26 |
| 1985 | #2,293 | 23 |
| 1984 | #2,098 | 25 |
| 1983 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1982 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #1,788 | 31 |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #1,677 | 31 |
| 1975 | #1,505 | 35 |
| 1974 | #1,244 | 45 |
| 1973 | #1,238 | 44 |
| 1972 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,309 | 41 |
| 1970 | #1,023 | 63 |
| 1969 | #1,221 | 42 |
| 1968 | #1,147 | 43 |
| 1967 | #1,043 | 49 |
| 1966 | #1,090 | 46 |
| 1965 | #1,020 | 52 |
| 1964 | #989 | 58 |
| 1963 | #1,052 | 52 |
| 1962 | #984 | 60 |
| 1961 | #1,052 | 55 |
| 1960 | #1,193 | 43 |
| 1959 | #939 | 67 |
| 1958 | #1,071 | 51 |
| 1957 | #1,050 | 52 |
| 1956 | #860 | 76 |
| 1955 | #862 | 73 |
| 1954 | #939 | 62 |
| 1953 | #889 | 65 |
| 1952 | #1,111 | 43 |
| 1951 | #972 | 52 |
| 1950 | #872 | 62 |
| 1949 | #923 | 56 |
| 1948 | #852 | 64 |
| 1947 | #889 | 61 |
| 1946 | #842 | 61 |
| 1945 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #897 | 55 |
| 1942 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | #746 | 69 |
| 1940 | #729 | 70 |
| 1939 | #733 | 67 |
| 1938 | #816 | 57 |
| 1937 | #722 | 70 |
| 1936 | #729 | 68 |
| 1935 | #798 | 60 |
| 1934 | #694 | 77 |
| 1933 | #668 | 77 |
| 1932 | #924 | 49 |
| 1931 | #841 | 56 |
| 1930 | #765 | 70 |
| 1929 | #914 | 54 |
| 1928 | #891 | 56 |
| 1927 | #982 | 51 |
| 1926 | #963 | 50 |
| 1925 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #838 | 66 |
| 1923 | #860 | 62 |
| 1922 | #840 | 66 |
| 1921 | #825 | 69 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 40 |
| 1919 | #1,009 | 45 |
| 1918 | #1,343 | 28 |
| 1917 | #1,291 | 28 |
| 1916 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Delton! It came in at #1,373, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1908–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Delton is popular in 1939
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#355 · 1 in 3,623
- Texas#420 · 1 in 3,679
- North Carolina#434 · 1 in 6,030
Best ever in a state: #180 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arkansas | #355 | 5 | 1 in 3,623 |
| Texas | #420 | 16 | 1 in 3,679 |
| North Carolina | #434 | 6 | 1 in 6,030 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Delton
- 1,224 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #5,608)
- 910 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,608)
- 101 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #5,608)
- Biggest jump: 294 spots in 1921 (#1,119 → #825)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1960 (#939 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1908
- Peaked 1933 at #668 (77 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 42 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1921–1951
- Highest: 1 in 12,877 boys born in 1933 were named Delton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.7% of all boys named Delton (651) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | #1,373 (1908) | #1,407 |
| 1910s | 224 | #1,009 (1919) | #1,355 |
| 1920s | 580 | #814 (1925) | #905 |
| 1930s | 651 | #668 (1933) | #769 |
| 1940s | 608 | #729 (1940) | #840 |
| 1950s | 603 | #860 (1956) | #957 |
| 1960s | 500 | #984 (1962) | #1,079 |
| 1970s | 408 | #1,023 (1970) | #1,410 |
| 1980s | 279 | #1,695 (1981) | #2,073 |
| 1990s | 310 | #2,095 (1991) | #2,483 |
| 2000s | 254 | #2,922 (2000) | #3,705 |
| 2010s | 219 | #3,708 (2010) | #4,522 |
| 2020s | 105 | #4,362 (2021) | #5,398 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Delton in 1939
Top boys' names in 1939
More about 1939
boys
1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 16,520 of them was named Delton, which outranked 81.5% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).