Delmar — #4695 US boys' name
14,227 babies named Delmar in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 67% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Delmar was born in this single decade.
354 babies were named Delmar in 1931 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delmar
The Social Security Administration has registered 14,227 babies named Delmar between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delmar currently holds the #4695 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1931, when 354 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delmar performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 3,207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Delmar shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 1,331 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Delmar in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delmar 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 14,227 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.
Delmar at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Delmar popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1931)
- 354
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #4695 among boys.
14,227 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1931 with 354 births in a single year.
Delmar popularity over time — girls
134 total births recorded since 1910 (Delmar as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Delmar accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Delmar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 3,207 births that decade — 23% of Delmar's all-time total
Delmar decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,207 births
- Runner-up 2,994 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Delmar's strongest decade
3,207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Delmar by state
Where Delmar concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 1,331 | 9.4% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 814 | 5.7% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 790 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 652 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 569 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 467 | 3.3% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 462 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Nebraska | | 431 | 3.0% |
1,331 of 14,227 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 9.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.7% of nationwide
- Missouri 5.6% of nationwide
- Iowa 4.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 9.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Delmar appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.