Girls' name · since 1880
Della
Della has 70,810 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #563 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70,810
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Della currently ranks #563 among girls' names in America, with 70,810 babies recorded since 1880.
Della has 70,810 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #563 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, 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 1880 to 2025.
- #473 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #563 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 70,810 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Della ranks #473 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #563 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 70,810 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #473 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #563 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 70,810
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Della's 70,810 recorded births place it above 99.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Della compares
70,810 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
Della's all-time total is 188x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Della | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 70,810 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,192 | 21 | 19,840 |
Della's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Della splits its recorded history at 1953: 25% of all births land in the more recent half, 75% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1998 (37 births) -- compare that against the 1917 peak of 1,192 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Della popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 1,192
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Della popularity over time - boys
139 total births recorded since 1888 (Della as boys' name)
Della by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (10,366 births, 15% of the file).
1920s was Della's strongest decade.
10,366 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Della births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
5,048 births
- 1890s
1890s
6,410 births
- 1900s
1900s
5,958 births
- 1910s
1910s
9,450 births
- 1920s
1920s
10,366 births
- 1930s
1930s
7,950 births
- 1940s
1940s
6,358 births
- 1950s
1950s
6,038 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,583 births
- 1970s 1,804
1970s
1,804 births
- 1980s 814
1980s
814 births
- 1990s 512
1990s
512 births
- 2000s 719
2000s
719 births
- 2010s 2,156
2010s
2,156 births
- 2020s 2,644
2020s
2,644 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10,366 births (15% of all-time use).
How Della 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 Della's total volume
Della by state
Where Della concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 3,267 | 4.6% |
| #2 | Kentucky | | 3,139 | 4.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 2,800 | 4.0% |
| #4 | California | | 2,324 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 2,199 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 2,116 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 2,094 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 2,034 | 2.9% |
3,267 of 70,810 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Della appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Della's data
- Della's decade-level peak was the 1920s (10,366 total births); usage has since declined to 2,644 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Dellas (3,267 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Della: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
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 Della 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.