Girls' name · since 1897
Delight
Since 1897, U.S. Social Security records show 1,051 babies named Delight, peaking in 1946. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,051
- born since 1897
- 1930s
- peak decade
Delight sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 1,051 recorded since 1897.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delight has been recorded 1,051 times among girls since 1897, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1897 to 2024.
- #7,254 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 1,051 born since 1897
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delight ranks #7,254 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,051 born since 1897, peaking in the 1930s.
- #7,254 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 1,051
- born since 1897
- 1930s
- peak decade
Delight's 1,051 recorded births place it above 89.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delight's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delight splits its recorded history at 1948: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1897 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1946 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delight popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1897–2024
- Peak year (1946)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Delight by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (177 births, 17% of the file).
1930s was Delight's strongest decade.
177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Delight births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 36
1900s
36 births
- 1910s
1910s
100 births
- 1920s
1920s
172 births
- 1930s
1930s
177 births
- 1940s
1940s
160 births
- 1950s
1950s
160 births
- 1960s
1960s
72 births
- 1970s 63
1970s
63 births
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 39
2010s
39 births
- 2020s 20
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 177 births (17% of all-time use).
How Delight 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 Delight's total volume
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What to do with Delight's data
- Delight's decade-level peak was the 1930s (177 total births); usage has since declined to 20 in the 2020s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delight: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1946)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1897–2024 (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 Delight 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.