Girls' name · since 1902
Delphina
Delphina has 910 recorded births since 1902 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1921 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,992 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 910
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Delphina is the #11992 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 910 recorded since 1902.
Delphina has 910 recorded births among girls since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11992 as of the latest data, more common than 31% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #8,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,992 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 910 born since 1902
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delphina ranks #8,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,992 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 910 born since 1902, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,992 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 910
- born since 1902
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delphina's 910 recorded births place it above 88.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Delphina compares
910 Top 34% higher than 66% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Delphina's all-time total is 142% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delphina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 910 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delphina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delphina splits its recorded history at 1959: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1902 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1921 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delphina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Delphina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (151 births, 17% of the file).
1920s was Delphina's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 17% of all-time use.
Delphina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
80 births
- 1920s
1920s
151 births
- 1930s
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
88 births
- 1950s
1950s
106 births
- 1960s
1960s
112 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s 34
1980s
34 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 151 births (17% of all-time use).
How Delphina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Delphina's total volume
Delphina by state
Where Delphina concentrates geographically, total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 45 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Arizona | | 16 | 1.8% |
45 of 910 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Delphina's data
- Delphina's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (151 total births) through the 2020s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Delphinas (45 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delphina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~123 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, 1902–2025 (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 Delphina 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.