Delos — boys' name

What the Data Says About Delos

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,324 babies named Delos between 1880 and 2020, spanning 141 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delos currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 49 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delos performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Delos shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Delos in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delos 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 1,324 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.