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 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#512 · 1 in 4,512
- Virginia#512 · 1 in 6,688
- Florida#847 · 1 in 14,078
- Texas#897 · 1 in 14,411
- California#1,929 · 1 in 50,448
Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1933.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #512 | 7 | 1 in 4,512 |
| Virginia | #512 | 6 | 1 in 6,688 |
| Florida | #847 | 6 | 1 in 14,078 |
| Texas | #897 | 10 | 1 in 14,411 |
| California | #1,929 | 5 | 1 in 50,448 |
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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 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 24,861 of them was named Delvin, which outranked 86.5% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,130Rey78
- #1,130Tate78
- #1,130Vladimir78
- #1,145Delvin77
- #1,145Bailey77
- #1,145Bruno77
- #1,145Deanthony77
- #1,154Adalberto76
- #1,154Baron76
- #1,154Dayton76
Tied with 8 names at #1,145; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.