Girls' name · since 1954
Delesia
83 babies named Delesia in U.S. Social Security records since 1954, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
83 girls have been named Delesia since 1954, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Delesia has 83 recorded births among girls since 1954, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1954 to 1994.
- #29,214 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 83 born since 1954
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delesia ranks #29,214 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1954, peaking in the 1960s.
- #29,214 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1954
- 1960s
- peak decade
Delesia's 83 recorded births place it above 59.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delesia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delesia's full recorded timeline at 1970, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delesia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1954–1994
- Peak year (1965)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Delesia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (40 births, 48% of the file).
1960s was Delesia's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Delesia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
40 births
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 40 births (48% of all-time use).
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What to do with Delesia's data
- Delesia's decade-level peak was the 1960s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1990s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delesia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1954–1994 (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 Delesia 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.