Delijah — #6651 US boys' name
47 babies named Delijah in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Delijah was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Delijah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delijah
The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Delijah between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delijah currently holds the #6651 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Delijah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 42 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Delijah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delijah 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 47 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.
Delijah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delijah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #6651 among boys.
47 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 13 births in a single year.
Delijah popularity over time — girls
42 total births recorded since 1999 (Delijah as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Delijah accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Delijah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 38% of Delijah's all-time total
Delijah decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Delijah's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.