Delphie — girls' name
37 babies named Delphie in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
37 girls have been named Delphie since 1915, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1938.
- 37
- total births
- 1915–1938
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Delphie was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Delphie in 1922 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delphie
The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Delphie between 1915 and 1938, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delphie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1938. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delphie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Delphie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delphie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delphie 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 37 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.
Delphie at a glance
Last recorded 1938Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delphie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1915
- Peak year (1922)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1938.
37 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 8 births in a single year.
Delphie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 18 births that decade — 49% of Delphie's all-time total
Delphie decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Delphie's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Delphie by state
Where Delphie concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 7 | 18.9% |
7 of 37 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 18.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 18.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1915–1938 (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.