Recorded 1915–1971 Girls' name Peak 1941 1,251 births

Delories — girls' name

1,251 babies named Delories in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

1,251 girls have been named Delories since 1915, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1971.

1,251
total births
1915–1971
years on record
1940s
peak decade
34%
born in that decade
1940s
Peak decade

34% of everyone ever named Delories was born in this single decade.

1941
Single peak year

49 babies were named Delories in 1941 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Delories

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,251 babies named Delories between 1915 and 1971, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delories currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delories performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 420 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Delories shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 72 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Delories in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delories 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 1,251 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.

Delories at a glance

Last recorded 1971

Total births

1,251

Since 1915

57 years of records

Peak year

1941

49 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1971

Active since

1915

Recorded for 57 years

Last year on file: 1971

Delories popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1915

Last recorded 1971
Peak year (1941)
49
Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
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Delories by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
420 births that decade — 34% of Delories's all-time total
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Delories by state

Where Delories concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Delories
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Louisiana
72 5.8%
#2 Mississippi
42 3.4%
#3 North Carolina
23 1.8%
#4 Texas
18 1.4%
#5 Georgia
16 1.3%
#6 Alabama
15 1.2%
#7 Kentucky
12 1.0%
#8 Virginia
6 0.5%
Louisiana share of Delories's total US births 5.8%
Even split

72 of 1,251 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Delories?
1,251 babies have been named Delories since 1915. It was last recorded in 1971. The peak year was 1941 with 49 births.
When was Delories most popular?
Delories was most popular in the 1940s decade with 420 total births. The single peak year was 1941.
Where is Delories most popular?
The top states for the name Delories are Louisiana (72 births), Mississippi (42 births), North Carolina (23 births).
How long has the name Delories been used?
Delories has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 57 years of data through 1971.
What names are similar to Delories?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Delores, Della, Delilah, Delaney, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1915–1971 (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.