Delicia — girls' name
2,553 babies named Delicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Delicia was born in this single decade.
101 babies were named Delicia in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delicia
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,553 babies named Delicia between 1946 and 2021, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delicia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 101 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delicia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 753 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Delicia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 280 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Delicia in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delicia 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 2,553 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.
Delicia at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1946
- Peak year (1971)
- 101
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
2,553 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 101 births in a single year.
Delicia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 753 births that decade — 29% of Delicia's all-time total
Delicia decade highlights
- Peak decade 753 births
- Runner-up 516 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Delicia's strongest decade
753 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Delicia by state
Where Delicia concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 280 | 11.0% |
| #2 | California | | 175 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 57 | 2.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 55 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 54 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 52 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 40 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 22 | 0.9% |
280 of 2,553 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.0% of nationwide
- California 6.9% of nationwide
- Louisiana 2.2% of nationwide
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Delicia appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.