Dellie — girls' name
634 babies named Dellie in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
21% of everyone ever named Dellie was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Dellie in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Dellie
The Social Security Administration has registered 634 babies named Dellie between 1882 and 1963, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Dellie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 19 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Dellie performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 130 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Dellie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Dellie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Dellie 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 634 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.
Dellie at a glance
Last recorded 1963Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Dellie popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–1882
- Peak year (1928)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1963.
634 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 19 births in a single year.
Dellie popularity over time — boys
11 total births recorded since 1923 (Dellie as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Dellie accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Dellie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 130 births that decade — 21% of Dellie's all-time total
Dellie decade highlights
- Peak decade 130 births
- Runner-up 123 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Dellie's strongest decade
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Dellie by state
Where Dellie concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 634 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1882–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.