Delton — #7254 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Delton

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,733 babies named Delton between 1908 and 2024, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delton currently holds the #7254 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1933, when 77 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delton performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 651 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Delton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 671 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Delton in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delton 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 4,733 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.