Delcia — girls' name
247 babies named Delcia in U.S. Social Security records since 1905, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Delcia was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Delcia in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delcia
The Social Security Administration has registered 247 babies named Delcia between 1905 and 1972, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delcia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delcia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Delcia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delcia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delcia 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 247 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.
Delcia at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delcia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1905
- Peak year (1928)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
247 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 13 births in a single year.
Delcia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 71 births that decade — 29% of Delcia's all-time total
Delcia decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Delcia's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Delcia by state
Where Delcia concentrates geographically — total births since 1905
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 247 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Tennessee 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Tennessee accounts for 2.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1905–1972 (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.