Delois — girls' name

What the Data Says About Delois

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,500 babies named Delois between 1912 and 1999, spanning 88 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delois currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 321 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delois performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 2,495 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Delois shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 963 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Delois in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delois 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 8,500 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.