Girls' name · since 2002
Delailah
174 babies named Delailah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,482 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delailah currently ranks #11482 among girls' names in America, with 174 babies recorded since 2002.
Delailah has 174 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11482 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #21,234 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,482 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 174 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delailah ranks #21,234 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,482 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 174 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,234 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,482 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delailah's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Delailah compares
174 34th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Delailah's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delailah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 174 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delailah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delailah splits its recorded history at 2014: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2015 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delailah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Delailah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Delailah's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Delailah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
54 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (48% of all-time use).
Delailah by state
Where Delailah concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 8.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10 | 5.7% |
14 of 174 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Delailah's data
- Delailah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (83 total births) through the 2020s (37) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Delailahs (14 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delailah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2002–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Delailah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.