Delvin
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1978 · 186 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,328since 1914
Delvin over time
Rank among boys' names. Delvin 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 | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,474 | 33 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #5,019 | 19 |
| 2021 | — | #4,118 | 25 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,658 | 47 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,052 | 39 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,301 | 34 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,071 | 38 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,111 | 37 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,684 | 29 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,985 | 38 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,668 | 44 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,663 | 45 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,287 | 57 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,327 | 56 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,285 | 55 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,813 | 71 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,785 | 70 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,673 | 74 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,660 | 71 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,710 | 67 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,504 | 80 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,580 | 69 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,536 | 70 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,486 | 71 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,359 | 79 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,275 | 84 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,244 | 87 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,261 | 81 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,177 | 89 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,798 | 44 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,587 | 52 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,205 | 79 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,145 | 77 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,140 | 70 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,161 | 66 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,094 | 72 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,110 | 66 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,035 | 73 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,133 | 65 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #935 | 92 |
| 1980 | — | #819 | 115 | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #667 | 164 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #612 | 186 |
| 1977 | — | #746 | 130 | |
| 1976 | — | #946 | 77 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,658 | 30 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,311 | 42 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,294 | 41 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,196 | 47 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,254 | 44 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,192 | 48 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,198 | 43 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,366 | 32 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,087 | 46 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,299 | 34 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,163 | 42 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,305 | 36 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,121 | 47 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,322 | 36 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,058 | 53 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,237 | 39 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,005 | 57 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,140 | 44 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,181 | 40 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,169 | 41 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,046 | 48 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,027 | 49 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,195 | 37 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,313 | 30 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,501 | 24 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,256 | 33 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,271 | 33 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,257 | 31 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,378 | 23 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,037 | 42 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,139 | 36 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,066 | 37 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,311 | 26 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,120 | 33 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,109 | 34 | |
| 1937 | — | #967 | 42 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,068 | 36 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,323 | 26 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,103 | 35 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,198 | 32 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,194 | 33 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,151 | 37 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,195 | 34 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,561 | 24 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,787 | 19 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,201 | 35 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,287 | 32 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,753 | 20 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,747 | 20 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,385 | 12 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,389 | 11 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Delvin! It came in at #2,271, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1914–1917, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.
Where Delvin is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#249 · 1 in 1,534
- Alabama#260 · 1 in 1,985
- South Carolina#273 · 1 in 2,046
- Virginia#294 · 1 in 2,668
- Tennessee#301 · 1 in 2,903
Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #249 | 5 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Alabama | #260 | 13 | 1 in 1,985 |
| South Carolina | #273 | 10 | 1 in 2,046 |
| Virginia | #294 | 12 | 1 in 2,668 |
| Tennessee | #301 | 11 | 1 in 2,903 |
| Florida | #337 | 18 | 1 in 2,834 |
| Arizona | #345 | 7 | 1 in 2,712 |
| North Carolina | #394 | 9 | 1 in 4,130 |
| Mississippi | #408 | 5 | 1 in 3,692 |
| Texas | #441 | 29 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Louisiana | #472 | 8 | 1 in 4,131 |
| Georgia | #497 | 7 | 1 in 5,394 |
| Ohio | #675 | 5 | 1 in 15,414 |
| New York | #989 | 6 | 1 in 18,376 |
| California | #1,017 | 8 | 1 in 21,116 |
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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 Delvin
- 339 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #4,539)
- 1,881 spots since 2020 (#2,658 → #4,539)
- 855 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 712 spots in 1976 (#1,658 → #946)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1982 (#935 → #1,133)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1978 at #612 (186 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1976–1981
- Highest: 1 in 8,827 boys born in 1978 were named Delvin (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.2% of all boys named Delvin (809) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | #2,073 (1918) | #2,248 |
| 1920s | 250 | #1,195 (1929) | #1,562 |
| 1930s | 341 | #967 (1937) | #1,138 |
| 1940s | 306 | #1,037 (1943) | #1,270 |
| 1950s | 421 | #1,005 (1957) | #1,162 |
| 1960s | 405 | #1,058 (1960) | #1,223 |
| 1970s | 809 | #612 (1978) | #1,088 |
| 1980s | 775 | #819 (1980) | #1,078 |
| 1990s | 726 | #1,177 (1992) | #1,430 |
| 2000s | 656 | #1,504 (2000) | #1,938 |
| 2010s | 396 | #2,632 (2010) | #2,980 |
| 2020s | 171 | #2,658 (2020) | #4,001 |
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.
Delvin in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 191,482 of them was named Delvin, which outranked 39.5% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,385Yliana9
- #6,385Yoko9
- #6,385Zondra9
- #6,948Delvin8
- #6,948Aarin8
- #6,948Abeer8
- #6,948Adel8
- #7,649Abi7
- #7,649Abigal7
- #7,649Abimbola7
Tied with 700 names at #6,948; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 8,827 of them was named Delvin, which outranked 90.9% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.