Delfina
Delfina was given to 25 girls in 2025, #5,130 among girls’ names; 4,037 Americans have been recorded with it since 1884 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,200 Americans named Delfina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 30 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delfina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Delfina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Delfina is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Delfina?
#5,130 among girls’ names, 2025
Delfina rose from #6,085 in 2015 to #5,130 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 11.8 to 15.6 per million.
86 babies in 1925, the peak
Delfina peaked in 1925, when 86 girls were given it, #795 among girls’ names. The 25 births of 2025 are 29% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,130 | 15.6 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,460 | 11.1 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,343 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,273 | 11.6 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,232 | 11.6 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,734 | 6.2 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,653 | 13.1 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,744 | 7.1 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,879 | 12.2 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,033 | 15.2 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 21 | #6,085 | 11.8 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,783 | 10.1 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,131 | 9.7 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,223 | 9.7 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,197 | 9.7 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,719 | 10.7 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,880 | 10.3 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,840 | 8.5 |
| 2007 | 20 | #6,624 | 10.4 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,575 | 8.4 |
| 2005 | 20 | #6,069 | 10.8 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,556 | 9.8 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,237 | 17.0 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,206 | 10.0 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,395 | 9.4 |
| 2000 | 18 | #6,007 | 9.9 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,487 | 10.7 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,422 | 10.8 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,546 | 13.2 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,914 | 11.4 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,122 | 14.2 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,722 | 11.8 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,026 | 8.3 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,567 | 11.9 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,687 | 11.2 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,205 | 7.4 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,710 | 10.3 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,047 | 18.5 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,900 | 9.2 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,571 | 14.0 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,180 | 16.3 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,036 | 11.3 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,675 | 19.8 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,542 | 21.9 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,363 | 15.0 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,885 | 18.7 |
| 1979 | 32 | #2,737 | 19.9 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,485 | 22.8 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,132 | 28.7 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,814 | 18.4 |
| 1975 | 37 | #2,242 | 25.4 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,567 | 19.8 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,233 | 24.0 |
| 1972 | 23 | #2,921 | 15.1 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,884 | 14.4 |
| 1970 | 27 | #2,656 | 15.4 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,308 | 18.4 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,213 | 18.3 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,017 | 20.6 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,773 | 24.2 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,614 | 12.5 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,207 | 15.8 |
| 1963 | 41 | #1,818 | 21.3 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,037 | 16.8 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,083 | 15.9 |
| 1960 | 28 | #2,203 | 13.8 |
| 1959 | 35 | #1,887 | 17.3 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,557 | 23.4 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,618 | 22.0 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,698 | 19.4 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,849 | 16.9 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,605 | 20.6 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,625 | 19.7 |
| 1952 | 52 | #1,339 | 28.0 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,509 | 21.7 |
| 1950 | 45 | #1,366 | 26.3 |
| 1949 | 46 | #1,356 | 26.9 |
| 1948 | 46 | #1,361 | 27.1 |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,256 | 29.3 |
| 1946 | 42 | #1,339 | 26.7 |
| 1945 | 53 | #1,083 | 40.5 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,154 | 34.7 |
| 1943 | 35 | #1,403 | 25.1 |
| 1942 | 45 | #1,185 | 33.3 |
| 1941 | 47 | #1,068 | 38.9 |
| 1940 | 31 | #1,358 | 27.1 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,110 | 38.3 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,146 | 36.2 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,336 | 28.2 |
| 1936 | 44 | #1,053 | 42.3 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,105 | 38.1 |
| 1934 | 60 | #879 | 57.5 |
| 1933 | 57 | #897 | 56.6 |
| 1932 | 53 | #972 | 49.7 |
| 1931 | 51 | #978 | 47.9 |
| 1930 | 53 | #1,015 | 47.1 |
| 1929 | 70 | #851 | 62.7 |
| 1928 | 59 | #969 | 51.2 |
| 1927 | 71 | #886 | 59.5 |
| 1926 | 63 | #944 | 53.1 |
| 1925 | 86 | #795 | 70.6 |
| 1924 | 65 | #941 | 52.0 |
| 1923 | 67 | #897 | 55.5 |
| 1922 | 58 | #981 | 48.3 |
| 1921 | 53 | #1,036 | 43.0 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,176 | 35.0 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,063 | 41.6 |
| 1918 | 40 | #1,190 | 34.6 |
| 1917 | 39 | #1,151 | 36.1 |
| 1916 | 32 | #1,286 | 30.6 |
| 1915 | 44 | #1,001 | 44.7 |
| 1914 | 36 | #991 | 47.3 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,373 | 28.8 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,368 | 28.7 |
| 1911 | 20 | #989 | 47.8 |
| 1910 | 21 | #947 | 53.0 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,389 | 28.8 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,221 | 35.9 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,107 | 40.8 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,787 | 20.3 |
| 1905 | 8 | #1,449 | 27.4 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,186 | 36.3 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,349 | 30.5 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,646 | 22.7 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,082 | 41.8 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,066 | 43.4 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,448 | 25.7 |
| 1898 | 9 | #1,193 | 34.8 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,188 | 34.2 |
| 1896 | 14 | #877 | 58.8 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,143 | 38.5 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,389 | 26.9 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,107 | 37.6 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,029 | 43.1 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,333 | 28.0 |
| 1884 | 7 | #872 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Delfina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delfina has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 136 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Delfina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delfina, and how old are they?
2,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 4,037 Americans ever recorded as Delfina. The median Delfina alive today is 51 years old; half are between 30 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 7,051 people named Delfina (7,029 women and girls, 22 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,358 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 236 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 584 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 466 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 361 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 304 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 243 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Delfina born?
The states with the most babies named Delfina are Texas, California and Arizona, with 96% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arizona is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,494 | #3,020 | 5.8× |
| California | 840 | not ranked | 2.9× |
| Arizona | 101 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| New Mexico | 81 | not ranked | 3.5× |
| New York | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Delfina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delfina is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delfina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,947 babies since 1880, Delfina is the most given (82% of them). In 2025 it was given to 25 of their 32 babies (78%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delfina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delfina and names like it
- Compare Delfina and DelphinaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sDelfina peaked in 1925.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delfina since 1910.
- The top names of 1925The year the most babies were named Delfina.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delfina alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.