Del — #6831 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Del

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,289 babies named Del between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Del currently holds the #6831 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 143 babies received it in a single year. Del is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 672 additional births since 1915.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Del performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,095 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Del shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 442 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Washington and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Del in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Del in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,289 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.