Delmira — girls' name
59 babies named Delmira in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
59 girls have been named Delmira since 1935, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1991.
- 59
- total births
- 1935–1991
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Delmira was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Delmira in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delmira
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Delmira between 1935 and 1991, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delmira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delmira performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Delmira shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delmira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delmira 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 59 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.
Delmira at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delmira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1935
- Peak year (1959)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
59 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 8 births in a single year.
Delmira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 23 births that decade — 39% of Delmira's all-time total
Delmira decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Delmira's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Delmira by state
Where Delmira concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 35.6% |
21 of 59 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 35.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 35.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1935–1991 (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.