Delinah — girls' name

What the Data Says About Delinah

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Delinah between 1977 and 1978, spanning 2 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delinah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delinah performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delinah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delinah 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 43 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.