Girls' name · since 1916
Delitha
60 babies named Delitha in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delitha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 60 recorded since 1916.
Delitha has 60 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1966.
- #32,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delitha ranks #32,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delitha's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delitha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delitha splits its recorded history at 1934: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delitha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1966
- Peak year (1921)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Delitha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (27 births, 45% of the file).
1920s was Delitha's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Delitha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s
1930s
12 births
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 27 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Delitha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (27 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delitha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1916–1966 (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 Delitha 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.