Girls' name · since 2011
Delayah
Since 2011, U.S. Social Security records show 91 babies named Delayah, peaking in 2017. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
91 babies have been named Delayah since 2011, making it today's #12836 girls' name.
Delayah has 91 recorded births among girls since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12836 as of the latest data, more common than 26% 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 2011 to 2025.
- #28,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,836 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 91 born since 2011
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delayah ranks #28,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,836 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 91 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,836 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 91
- born since 2011
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delayah's 91 recorded births place it above 60.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Delayah compares
91 23rd 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
Delayah's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delayah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 91 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delayah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delayah's full recorded timeline at 2018, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2017 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delayah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Delayah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (57 births, 63% of the file).
2010s was Delayah's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Delayah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 57 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Delayah's data
- Delayah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (57 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delayah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~14 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, 2011–2025 (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 Delayah 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.