Deloy — boys' name
398 babies named Deloy in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Deloy was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Deloy in 1930 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Deloy
The Social Security Administration has registered 398 babies named Deloy between 1916 and 1975, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deloy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Deloy performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Deloy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 81 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Deloy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Deloy 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 398 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.
Deloy at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Deloy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1916
- Peak year (1930)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
398 total births across 60 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1930 with 21 births in a single year.
Deloy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 146 births that decade — 37% of Deloy's all-time total
Deloy decade highlights
- Peak decade 146 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Deloy's strongest decade
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Deloy by state
Where Deloy concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 81 | 20.4% |
81 of 398 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Utah 20.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 20.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1916–1975 (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.