Girls' name · since 1972
Deleah
Deleah has 189 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deleah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 189 recorded since 1972.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deleah has been recorded 189 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2024.
- #20,389 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 189 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deleah ranks #20,389 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 189 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,389 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 189
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Deleah's 189 recorded births place it above 71.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Deleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Deleah's full recorded timeline at 2009, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Deleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2024
- Peak year (2019)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Deleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (79 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Deleah's strongest decade.
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Deleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
34 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
79 births
- 2020s 21
2020s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 79 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Deleah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (79 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Deleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1972–2024 (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 Deleah 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.