Delaiah — #12799 US girls' name
33 babies named Delaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 28% of names given to girls today.
42% of everyone ever named Delaiah was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Delaiah in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Delaiah between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delaiah currently holds the #12799 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delaiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Delaiah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delaiah 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 33 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.
Delaiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Delaiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2003)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #12799 among girls.
33 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 7 births in a single year.
Delaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 14 births that decade — 42% of Delaiah's all-time total
Delaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 14 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Delaiah's strongest decade
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2003–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.