Girls' name · since 1916
Delna
Delna has 44 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1940 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #36,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Delna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 44 have been recorded since 1916.
Delna has 44 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1945.
- #36,397 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 44 born since 1916
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delna ranks #36,397 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 44 born since 1916, peaking in the 1910s.
- #36,397 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 44
- born since 1916
- 1910s
- peak decade
Delna's 44 recorded births place it above 49.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delna splits its recorded history at 1923: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1940 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1945
- Peak year (1940)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Delna by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (18 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Delna's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Delna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
11 births
- 1940s
1940s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 18 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Delna's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 1940s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1916–1945 (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 Delna 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.