Boys' name · since 1913
Delman
Delman has 235 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1928 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,017 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 235
- born since 1913
- 1930s
- peak decade
235 boys have been named Delman since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delman has been recorded 235 times among boys since 1913, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2022.
- #12,017 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 235 born since 1913
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delman ranks #12,017 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 235 born since 1913, peaking in the 1930s.
- #12,017 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 235
- born since 1913
- 1930s
- peak decade
Delman's 235 recorded births place it above 73.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delman's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delman's SSA record in two at 1939 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1928 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2022
- Peak year (1928)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Delman by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (68 births, 29% of the file).
1930s was Delman's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Delman births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 25
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
47 births
- 1930s
1930s
68 births
- 1940s
1940s
39 births
- 1950s
1950s
34 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 68 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Delman's decade-level peak was the 1930s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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 Delman: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1928)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1913–2022 (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 Delman 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.