Delena — #9553 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Delena

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,167 babies named Delena between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delena currently holds the #9553 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 402 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Delena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Delena in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delena 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 2,167 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.