Girls' name · since 1948
Delphenia
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 11 babies named Delphenia, peaking in 1954. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #52,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Delphenia sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 11 recorded since 1948.
Delphenia has 11 recorded births among girls since 1948, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1954.
- #52,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 11 born since 1948
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delphenia ranks #52,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1948, peaking in the 1950s.
- #52,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 11
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Delphenia's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delphenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delphenia's full recorded timeline at 1954, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1948, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delphenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1954
- Peak year (1954)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Delphenia by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
1950s was Delphenia's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Delphenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delphenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~6 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1948–1954 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Delphenia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.