Deloria — girls' name

What the Data Says About Deloria

The Social Security Administration has registered 425 babies named Deloria between 1921 and 1985, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Deloria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deloria performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Deloria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deloria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deloria 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 425 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.