Delmos — boys' name
66 babies named Delmos in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1942. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
66 boys have been named Delmos since 1918, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1948.
- 66
- total births
- 1918–1948
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Delmos was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Delmos in 1942 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delmos
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Delmos between 1918 and 1948, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delmos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1948. The name reached its historical peak in 1942, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delmos performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Delmos shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in West Virginia, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delmos in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delmos 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 66 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.
Delmos at a glance
Last recorded 1948Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delmos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1918
- Peak year (1942)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1948.
66 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1942 with 12 births in a single year.
Delmos by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 44 births that decade — 67% of Delmos's all-time total
Delmos decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Delmos's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Delmos by state
Where Delmos concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | West Virginia | | 7 | 10.6% |
7 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- West Virginia 10.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
West Virginia accounts for 10.6% 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, 1918–1948 (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.