Girls' name · since 1917
Delsa
Delsa has 248 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1917 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,071 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 248
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
248 babies have been named Delsa since 1917, making it today's #15071 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delsa has been recorded 248 times among girls since 1917, currently ranked #15071 nationally and more common than 13% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #17,663 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,071 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 248 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delsa ranks #17,663 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,071 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 248 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,663 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,071 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 248
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delsa's 248 recorded births place it above 75.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Delsa compares
248 41st percentile among 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
Delsa's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delsa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 248 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delsa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delsa's SSA record in two at 1947 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1928, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1917 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delsa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1917)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Delsa by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (51 births, 21% of the file).
1920s was Delsa's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Delsa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
21 births
- 1920s
1920s
51 births
- 1930s
1930s
39 births
- 1940s
1940s
26 births
- 1950s
1950s
24 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 51 births (21% of all-time use).
Delsa by state
Where Delsa concentrates geographically, total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 2.4% |
6 of 248 births nationwide.
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What to do with Delsa's data
- Delsa's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Delsas (6 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delsa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1917)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Delsa 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.