Deleta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deleta

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Deleta between 1939 and 1966, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deleta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1966. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deleta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Deleta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deleta 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 45 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.