Girls' name · since 1998

Deliyah

Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 348 babies named Deliyah, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#14,682 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,474 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
348
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade

Deliyah currently ranks #10474 among girls' names in America, with 348 babies recorded since 1998.

Social Security Administration records show Deliyah recorded 348 times among girls since 1998, holding rank #10474 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.

  • #14,682 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 348 born since 1998
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deliyah ranks #14,682 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 348 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.

#14,682 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,474 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
348
born since 1998
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%39.4%
Deliyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Deliyah's 348 recorded births place it above 79.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Deliyah compares

348 48th percentile among 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

Deliyah's all-time total is 7% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Deliyah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 348 376 567,345
Peak-year births 22 21 19,840

Deliyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Deliyah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Deliyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
22
Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
0510152025 19982004200820122016202020242025 9

Deliyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (171 births, 49% of the file).

2010s was Deliyah's strongest decade.

171 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.

Deliyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 171 births (49% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Deliyah?
Deliyah has been given to 348 babies in the U.S. since 1998, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #14,682 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,474 of 17,297. 22 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
Where does Deliyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Deliyah ranks #14,682 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Deliyah most popular?
Deliyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 171 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Deliyah been used?
The SSA has tracked Deliyah since 1998 -- 28 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Deliyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Delores, Della, Delilah, Delaney, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Deliyah's data

  • Deliyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (171 total births) through the 2020s (93) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Deliyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1998–2025 (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 Deliyah 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.