Deloss — boys' name
237 babies named Deloss in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
40% of everyone ever named Deloss was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Deloss in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deloss
The Social Security Administration has registered 237 babies named Deloss between 1912 and 1953, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deloss currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deloss performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Deloss shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deloss 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 237 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.
Deloss at a glance
Last recorded 1953Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deloss popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1912
- Peak year (1918)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1953.
237 total births across 42 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 16 births in a single year.
Deloss by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 95 births that decade — 40% of Deloss's all-time total
Deloss decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 74 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Deloss's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% 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, 1912–1953 (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.