Unisex name · since 1997
Delijah
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 154 babies named Delijah, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,597 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Delijah currently ranks #1597 among unisex names in America, with 154 babies recorded since 1997.
Delijah has 154 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1597 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #14,558 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #1,597 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 154 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delijah ranks #14,558 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,597 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 154 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,558 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #1,597 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 154
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Delijah's 154 recorded births place it above 67.92% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Delijah compares
154 33rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Delijah's all-time total is 58% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delijah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 154 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 107 | 34 | 22,252 |
Delijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delijah splits its recorded history at 2010: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 107 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delijah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 107
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Delijah popularity over time - girls
42 total births recorded since 1999 (Delijah as girls' name)
Delijah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (125 births, 81% of the file).
2020s was Delijah's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 81% of all-time use.
Delijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
125 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 125 births (81% of all-time use).
Delijah by state
Where Delijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 17 | 11.0% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 7 | 4.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 3.2% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 5 | 3.2% |
17 of 154 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Florida records the most Delijahs (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1997–2025 (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 Delijah 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.