Girls' name · since 1947
Delita
Since 1947, U.S. Social Security records show 127 babies named Delita, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Delita is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 127 have been recorded since 1947.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delita has been recorded 127 times among girls since 1947, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 1979.
- #24,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 127 born since 1947
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delita ranks #24,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 127 born since 1947, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 127
- born since 1947
- 1970s
- peak decade
Delita's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delita's full recorded timeline at 1965, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1970 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–1979
- Peak year (1970)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Delita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (53 births, 42% of the file).
1970s was Delita's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Delita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 53 births (42% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1947–1979 (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 Delita 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.