Girls' name · since 1880
Delia
Delia has 37,318 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1957 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,318
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Delia currently ranks #1561 among girls' names in America, with 37,318 babies recorded since 1880.
Delia has 37,318 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1561 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,561 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 37,318 born since 1880
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delia ranks #722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,561 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 37,318 born since 1880, peaking in the 1950s.
- #722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,561 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 37,318
- born since 1880
- 1950s
- peak decade
Delia's 37,318 recorded births place it above 99% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
40 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Delia compares
37,318 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Delia's all-time total is 99x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 37,318 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 490 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delia's full recorded timeline at 1953, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 111 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1957 peak of 490 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1957)
- 490
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Delia popularity over time - boys
62 total births recorded since 1928 (Delia as boys' name)
Delia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (4,589 births, 12% of the file).
1950s was Delia's strongest decade.
4,589 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 12% of all-time use.
Delia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,546
1880s
1,546 births
- 1890s
1890s
1,871 births
- 1900s 1,629
1900s
1,629 births
- 1910s
1910s
2,360 births
- 1920s
1920s
2,829 births
- 1930s
1930s
2,853 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,213 births
- 1950s
1950s
4,589 births
- 1960s
1960s
3,856 births
- 1970s
1970s
2,976 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,213 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,191 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,346 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,973 births
- 2020s 873
2020s
873 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 4,589 births (12% of all-time use).
How Delia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Delia's total volume
Delia by state
Where Delia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7,910 | 21.2% |
| #2 | California | | 5,284 | 14.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,446 | 6.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,046 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 990 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 767 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Florida | | 722 | 1.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 611 | 1.6% |
7,910 of 37,318 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Delia appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Delia's data
- Delia's decade-level peak was the 1950s (4,589 total births); usage has since declined to 873 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Delias (7,910 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1957)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Delia 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.