Delton
Delton was given to 16 boys in 2025, #5,666 among boys’ names; 4,751 Americans have been recorded with it since 1908 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,640 Americans named Delton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 52 years old and half are between 30 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Delton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Delton?
#5,666 among boys’ names, 2025
Delton fell from #5,563 in 2015 to #5,666 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 8.3 to 9.4 per million.
77 babies in 1933, the peak
Delton peaked in 1933, when 77 boys were given it, #673 among boys’ names. The 16 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,666 | 9.4 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,923 | 7.0 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,296 | 10.5 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,681 | 9.2 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,396 | 13.1 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,737 | 11.6 |
| 2019 | 19 | #5,002 | 10.6 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,256 | 13.2 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,583 | 8.6 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,654 | 11.1 |
Every recorded year (118)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 16 | #5,563 | 8.3 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,165 | 12.5 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,087 | 12.7 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,730 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,819 | 14.2 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,737 | 14.6 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,620 | 10.6 |
| 2008 | 30 | #3,576 | 14.7 |
| 2007 | 30 | #3,527 | 14.5 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,547 | 9.7 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,739 | 12.5 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,892 | 11.6 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,548 | 12.7 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,468 | 12.9 |
| 2001 | 25 | #3,429 | 12.9 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,927 | 15.3 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,677 | 16.7 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,724 | 15.7 |
| 1997 | 28 | #2,767 | 14.9 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,387 | 17.4 |
| 1995 | 28 | #2,630 | 14.7 |
| 1994 | 26 | #2,781 | 13.5 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,590 | 14.3 |
| 1992 | 36 | #2,134 | 18.0 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,100 | 17.3 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,129 | 16.6 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,372 | 14.0 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,316 | 13.6 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,834 | 18.7 |
| 1986 | 26 | #2,174 | 14.1 |
| 1985 | 23 | #2,306 | 12.4 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,111 | 13.9 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,716 | 18.4 |
| 1982 | 27 | #2,013 | 14.9 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,699 | 19.0 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,295 | 12.3 |
| 1979 | 31 | #1,796 | 18.0 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,544 | 22.5 |
| 1977 | 35 | #1,579 | 21.3 |
| 1976 | 31 | #1,682 | 19.8 |
| 1975 | 35 | #1,513 | 22.4 |
| 1974 | 45 | #1,253 | 28.6 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,243 | 28.2 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,215 | 28.4 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,312 | 23.2 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,026 | 33.9 |
| 1969 | 42 | #1,224 | 23.5 |
| 1968 | 43 | #1,150 | 24.7 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,045 | 28.1 |
| 1966 | 46 | #1,093 | 25.8 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,023 | 28.0 |
| 1964 | 58 | #991 | 29.1 |
| 1963 | 52 | #1,056 | 25.6 |
| 1962 | 60 | #988 | 29.0 |
| 1961 | 55 | #1,051 | 25.9 |
| 1960 | 43 | #1,195 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | 67 | #942 | 31.4 |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,071 | 24.0 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,054 | 24.1 |
| 1956 | 76 | #861 | 35.9 |
| 1955 | 73 | #863 | 35.4 |
| 1954 | 62 | #939 | 30.4 |
| 1953 | 65 | #889 | 33.0 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,117 | 22.1 |
| 1951 | 52 | #974 | 27.6 |
| 1950 | 62 | #871 | 34.6 |
| 1949 | 56 | #925 | 31.6 |
| 1948 | 64 | #853 | 36.5 |
| 1947 | 61 | #890 | 33.3 |
| 1946 | 61 | #844 | 37.6 |
| 1945 | 51 | #887 | 37.9 |
| 1944 | 59 | #817 | 43.3 |
| 1943 | 55 | #902 | 38.5 |
| 1942 | 62 | #823 | 44.9 |
| 1941 | 69 | #748 | 56.2 |
| 1940 | 70 | #732 | 60.4 |
| 1939 | 67 | #733 | 60.5 |
| 1938 | 57 | #821 | 51.4 |
| 1937 | 70 | #722 | 65.6 |
| 1936 | 68 | #730 | 65.6 |
| 1935 | 60 | #798 | 57.6 |
| 1934 | 77 | #694 | 74.6 |
| 1933 | 77 | #673 | 77.7 |
| 1932 | 49 | #926 | 46.9 |
| 1931 | 56 | #846 | 53.9 |
| 1930 | 70 | #767 | 63.8 |
| 1929 | 54 | #915 | 50.2 |
| 1928 | 56 | #892 | 50.6 |
| 1927 | 51 | #984 | 45.3 |
| 1926 | 50 | #967 | 45.0 |
| 1925 | 66 | #818 | 59.1 |
| 1924 | 66 | #840 | 58.3 |
| 1923 | 62 | #861 | 56.6 |
| 1922 | 66 | #841 | 60.7 |
| 1921 | 69 | #827 | 62.6 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,124 | 37.6 |
| 1919 | 45 | #1,012 | 45.9 |
| 1918 | 28 | #1,349 | 27.6 |
| 1917 | 28 | #1,301 | 30.3 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,125 | 38.2 |
| 1915 | 36 | #1,071 | 42.4 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,622 | 22.9 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,269 | 33.2 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,549 | 25.6 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,802 | 22.1 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,647 | 25.7 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,506 | 30.5 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,429 | 32.4 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Delton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Delton has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 118 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Delton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Delton, and how old are they?
2,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 4,751 Americans ever recorded as Delton. The median Delton alive today is 52 years old; half are between 30 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 2,452 people named Delton (12 women and girls, 2,440 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,863 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 215 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 732 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 581 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 453 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 412 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 247 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Delton born?
The states with the most babies named Delton are Texas, North Carolina and Louisiana, with 80% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 671 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| North Carolina | 256 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Louisiana | 179 | not ranked | 1.9× |
| Arkansas | 66 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 43 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Mississippi | 42 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Oklahoma | 42 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Alabama | 12 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Nebraska | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| North Dakota | 11 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Delton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Delton is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Delton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Delton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Delton and names like it
- Compare Delton and SeferinoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sDelton peaked in 1933.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Delton since 1910.
- The top names of 1933The year the most babies were named Delton.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Delton alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with DMost given first.