Delila
Delila was given to 45 girls in 2025, #3,411 among girls’ names; 3,574 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,640 Americans named Delila and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 13 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delila by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Delila mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Delila is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Delila?
#3,411 among girls’ names, 2025
Delila fell from #2,689 in 2015 to #3,411 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 37.0 to 28.0 per million.
118 babies in 2008, the peak
Delila peaked in 2008, when 118 girls were given it, #1,828 among girls’ names. The 45 births of 2025 are 38% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,411 | 28.0 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,470 | 27.8 |
| 2023 | 50 | #3,234 | 31.2 |
| 2022 | 56 | #2,968 | 34.1 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,037 | 21.9 |
| 2020 | 39 | #3,742 | 24.1 |
| 2019 | 50 | #3,184 | 29.8 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,519 | 25.9 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,575 | 24.9 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,022 | 31.0 |
Every recorded year (141)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 66 | #2,689 | 37.0 |
| 2014 | 51 | #3,195 | 28.5 |
| 2013 | 85 | #2,193 | 48.4 |
| 2012 | 73 | #2,502 | 41.5 |
| 2011 | 82 | #2,281 | 46.6 |
| 2010 | 86 | #2,240 | 48.4 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,938 | 58.8 |
| 2008 | 118 | #1,828 | 62.4 |
| 2007 | 85 | #2,279 | 44.2 |
| 2006 | 63 | #2,787 | 33.1 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,088 | 27.6 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,716 | 32.7 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,369 | 23.5 |
| 2002 | 37 | #3,609 | 20.6 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,039 | 17.2 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,176 | 23.7 |
| 1999 | 40 | #3,196 | 22.6 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,676 | 13.0 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,836 | 16.7 |
| 1996 | 22 | #4,625 | 12.5 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,376 | 13.1 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,779 | 9.0 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,699 | 11.6 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,148 | 6.5 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,089 | 13.3 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,923 | 13.7 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,414 | 16.3 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,718 | 14.0 |
| 1987 | 31 | #3,041 | 17.8 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,473 | 14.6 |
| 1985 | 40 | #2,445 | 23.2 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,742 | 19.6 |
| 1983 | 48 | #2,076 | 28.7 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,278 | 7.7 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,038 | 11.4 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,186 | 10.8 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,360 | 15.0 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,309 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,399 | 14.3 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,304 | 14.3 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,405 | 9.6 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,081 | 10.2 |
| 1973 | 22 | #3,040 | 15.1 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,081 | 13.8 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,680 | 10.2 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,332 | 10.9 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,786 | 5.9 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,856 | 5.5 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,196 | 3.6 |
| 1966 | 17 | #3,068 | 10.0 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,264 | 5.7 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,734 | 6.9 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,853 | 6.2 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,830 | 6.1 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,083 | 8.4 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,113 | 7.9 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,714 | 4.0 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,884 | 8.5 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,955 | 7.8 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,163 | 13.0 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,568 | 9.7 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,802 | 8.2 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,184 | 12.2 |
| 1952 | 17 | #2,599 | 9.2 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,028 | 13.3 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,689 | 8.8 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,927 | 14.6 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,431 | 10.0 |
| 1947 | 20 | #2,210 | 11.3 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,874 | 15.3 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,888 | 15.3 |
| 1944 | 18 | #2,042 | 13.6 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,959 | 14.3 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,270 | 29.6 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,543 | 21.5 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,979 | 14.9 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,629 | 10.0 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,622 | 10.0 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,744 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,965 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 23 | #1,560 | 21.9 |
| 1934 | 23 | #1,566 | 22.0 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,480 | 24.8 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,351 | 28.1 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,758 | 18.8 |
| 1930 | 31 | #1,375 | 27.5 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,563 | 22.4 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,644 | 21.7 |
| 1927 | 29 | #1,529 | 24.3 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,312 | 7.6 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,758 | 19.7 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,617 | 22.4 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,716 | 6.6 |
| 1922 | 27 | #1,615 | 22.5 |
| 1921 | 19 | #2,063 | 15.4 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,964 | 16.7 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,095 | 15.0 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,124 | 14.7 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,727 | 19.4 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,751 | 19.2 |
| 1915 | 18 | #1,816 | 18.3 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,675 | 21.0 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,696 | 20.8 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,433 | 26.9 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,689 | 21.5 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,354 | 30.3 |
| 1909 | 9 | #1,501 | 25.9 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,190 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,415 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,449 | 27.1 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,325 | 30.9 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,953 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,475 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,851 | 18.9 |
| 1900 | 10 | #1,248 | 33.4 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,301 | 30.0 |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,402 | 27.1 |
| 1897 | 11 | #994 | 47.0 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,321 | 29.4 |
| 1895 | 12 | #944 | 51.4 |
| 1893 | 7 | #1,202 | 32.9 |
| 1892 | 10 | #973 | 47.1 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,236 | 32.3 |
| 1890 | 17 | #644 | 89.3 |
| 1887 | 13 | #638 | 89.1 |
| 1886 | 7 | #915 | 48.4 |
| 1885 | 11 | #664 | 82.7 |
| 1883 | 7 | #763 | 62.3 |
| 1882 | 6 | #836 | 55.6 |
| 1881 | 7 | #693 | 76.1 |
| 1880 | 5 | #853 | 54.9 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Delila a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delila has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 141 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Delila: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delila, and how old are they?
2,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 74% of the 3,574 Americans ever recorded as Delila. The median Delila alive today is 21 years old; half are between 13 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 2,685 people named Delila (2,681 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,496 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 114 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 257 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 243 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 397 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 962 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 661 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Delila born?
The states with the most babies named Delila are California, Texas and Illinois, with 76% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 371 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 194 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 46 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 44 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 31 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Arizona | 23 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 18 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 15 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Missouri | 10 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Delila is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delila is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delila with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Delila?
Delila is a less common spelling of Delilah: SSA has recorded 3,574 Delila and 66,683 Delilah since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 182,753 babies since 1880, Delila is the fourth most given (2.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 45 of their 4,972 babies (<1%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delila
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delila and names like it
- Compare Delila and DelilahBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sDelila peaked in 2008.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delila since 1910.
- The top names of 2008The year the most babies were named Delila.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Delila alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with DMost given first.