Delila — #3444 US girls' name
3,523 babies named Delila in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 80% of names given to girls today.
18% of everyone ever named Delila was born in this single decade.
118 babies were named Delila in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delila
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,523 babies named Delila between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delila currently holds the #3444 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 118 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delila performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 636 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Delila shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Delila in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delila 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 3,523 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.
Delila at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2008)
- 118
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #3444 among girls.
3,523 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 118 births in a single year.
Delila by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 636 births that decade — 18% of Delila's all-time total
Delila decade highlights
- Peak decade 636 births
- Runner-up 634 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Delila's strongest decade
636 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Delila by state
Where Delila concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 371 | 10.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 194 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 46 | 1.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 43 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 31 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 23 | 0.7% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 18 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 15 | 0.4% |
371 of 3,523 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.3% of nationwide
- New York 1.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Delila 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, 1880–2024 (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.