Girls' name · since 1961
Delecia
336 babies named Delecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1983. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 336
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delecia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 336 have been recorded since 1961.
Delecia has 336 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2009.
- #14,988 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 336 born since 1961
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delecia ranks #14,988 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 336 born since 1961, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,988 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 336
- born since 1961
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delecia's 336 recorded births place it above 79.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Delecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delecia splits its recorded history at 1984: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1964 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 22 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2009
- Peak year (1983)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Delecia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (98 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Delecia's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Delecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
84 births
- 1980s
1980s
98 births
- 1990s
1990s
82 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 98 births (29% of all-time use).
Delecia by state
Where Delecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 3.0% |
10 of 336 births nationwide.
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- Delecia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2000s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Delecias (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1961–2009 (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 Delecia 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.