Delorian — boys' name
43 babies named Delorian in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 boys have been named Delorian since 1987, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2019.
- 43
- total births
- 1987–2019
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
60% of everyone ever named Delorian was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Delorian in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delorian
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Delorian between 1987 and 2019, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delorian currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Delorian is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1988.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delorian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Delorian shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delorian 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 43 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.
Delorian at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delorian popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1987
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
43 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Delorian popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1988 (Delorian as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Delorian accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Delorian by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 26 births that decade — 60% of Delorian's all-time total
Delorian decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Delorian's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
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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, 1987–2019 (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.