Girls' name · since 1880
Delilah
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 66,683 babies named Delilah, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #51 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,683
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Delilah is the #51 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 66,683 recorded since 1880.
Delilah has 66,683 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #51 as of the latest data, more common than 99.7% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #496 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #51 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 66,683 born since 1880
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delilah ranks #496 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #51 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 66,683 born since 1880, peaking in the 2010s.
- #496 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #51 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 66,683
- born since 1880
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delilah's 66,683 recorded births place it above 99.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Delilah compares
66,683 Top 3% higher than 97% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Delilah's all-time total is 177x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delilah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 66,683 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 4,254 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delilah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delilah's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 95% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 5%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1880, with only 10 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 4,254, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delilah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 4,254
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Delilah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (25,018 births, 38% of the file).
2010s was Delilah's strongest decade.
25,018 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Delilah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 138
1880s
138 births
- 1890s 209
1890s
209 births
- 1900s 195
1900s
195 births
- 1910s 501
1910s
501 births
- 1920s 605
1920s
605 births
- 1930s 539
1930s
539 births
- 1940s 740
1940s
740 births
- 1950s 1,633
1950s
1,633 births
- 1960s 802
1960s
802 births
- 1970s 1,477
1970s
1,477 births
- 1980s 1,895
1980s
1,895 births
- 1990s 1,822
1990s
1,822 births
- 2000s 7,610
2000s
7,610 births
- 2010s
2010s
25,018 births
- 2020s
2020s
23,499 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 25,018 births (38% of all-time use).
How Delilah 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 Delilah's total volume
Delilah by state
Where Delilah concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13,315 | 20.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8,369 | 12.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,970 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,948 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 2,772 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,927 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 1,719 | 2.6% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,598 | 2.4% |
13,315 of 66,683 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Delilah appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Delilah's data
- Delilah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (25,018 total births) through the 2020s (23,499) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Delilahs (13,315 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delilah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Delilah 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.