Delora
Delora was last recorded in 2021, when 6 babies were given it; 2,812 Americans have been recorded with it between 1887 and 2021 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,390 Americans named Delora and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 52 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delora by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Delora?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #13,919, in 2021; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
56 babies in 1917, the peak
Delora peaked in 1917, when 56 girls were given it, #925 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,919 | 3.7 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,512 | 4.5 |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,011 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,323 | 5.0 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,608 | 3.3 |
| 1997 | 5 | #14,309 | 2.9 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,820 | 7.4 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,999 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 6 | #12,177 | 3.4 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,874 | 3.9 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 10 | #8,229 | 5.4 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,771 | 4.8 |
| 1990 | 19 | #4,907 | 10.0 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,243 | 7.1 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,361 | 6.7 |
| 1987 | 7 | #9,006 | 4.0 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,263 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,600 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,785 | 8.9 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,521 | 9.6 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,627 | 7.1 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,453 | 14.4 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,785 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,566 | 13.7 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,052 | 6.5 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,507 | 13.7 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,206 | 15.0 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,525 | 21.3 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,589 | 12.3 |
| 1973 | 20 | #3,255 | 13.7 |
| 1972 | 35 | #2,181 | 23.0 |
| 1971 | 27 | #2,679 | 16.2 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,172 | 21.2 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,309 | 18.4 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,647 | 14.0 |
| 1967 | 25 | #2,447 | 15.1 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,202 | 17.1 |
| 1965 | 42 | #1,748 | 23.8 |
| 1964 | 47 | #1,690 | 24.8 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,140 | 16.1 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,124 | 15.8 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,674 | 22.8 |
| 1960 | 45 | #1,677 | 22.3 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,700 | 20.8 |
| 1958 | 39 | #1,741 | 19.4 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,905 | 16.1 |
| 1956 | 51 | #1,489 | 25.4 |
| 1955 | 42 | #1,581 | 21.5 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,744 | 18.0 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,713 | 18.1 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,505 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,384 | 25.5 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,414 | 24.5 |
| 1949 | 44 | #1,395 | 25.7 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,503 | 22.4 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,290 | 28.2 |
| 1946 | 32 | #1,564 | 20.4 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,836 | 16.1 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,367 | 26.4 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,536 | 21.5 |
| 1942 | 32 | #1,452 | 23.7 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,210 | 32.3 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,378 | 26.2 |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,135 | 37.4 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,147 | 36.2 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,239 | 32.0 |
| 1936 | 49 | #979 | 47.1 |
| 1935 | 51 | #966 | 48.6 |
| 1934 | 49 | #984 | 46.9 |
| 1933 | 43 | #1,064 | 42.7 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,057 | 42.2 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,046 | 42.3 |
| 1930 | 52 | #1,021 | 46.2 |
| 1929 | 56 | #961 | 50.2 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,182 | 36.4 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,265 | 32.7 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,151 | 37.1 |
| 1925 | 40 | #1,230 | 32.9 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,210 | 34.4 |
| 1923 | 43 | #1,183 | 35.6 |
| 1922 | 43 | #1,172 | 35.8 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,170 | 34.9 |
| 1920 | 33 | #1,383 | 27.5 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,064 | 41.6 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,284 | 30.2 |
| 1917 | 56 | #925 | 51.8 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,149 | 36.4 |
| 1915 | 27 | #1,374 | 27.4 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,352 | 28.9 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,415 | 27.2 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,876 | 17.9 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,823 | 19.1 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,984 | 17.7 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,642 | 23.0 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,192 | 15.0 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,142 | 15.7 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,061 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,106 | 41.1 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,701 | 21.8 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,852 | 18.9 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,527 | 25.1 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,761 | 19.3 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,608 | 21.3 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,539 | 22.4 |
| 1887 | 6 | #1,063 | 41.1 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Delora a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delora has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 105 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Delora: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delora, and how old are they?
1,390 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 2,812 Americans ever recorded as Delora. The median Delora alive today is 65 years old; half are between 52 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 1,545 people named Delora (1,541 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,607 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 195 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 595 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 377 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 180 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 34 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 3,655 babies since 1880, Delora is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 none of their 35 babies recorded by SSA was a Delora (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delora
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delora and names like it
- Compare Delora and DeloriaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sDelora peaked in 1917.
- Kentucky’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delora since 1910.
- The top names of 1917The year the most babies were named Delora.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delora alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.