Girls' name · since 1910
Delva
Delva has 265 recorded births since 1910 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1952 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delva sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 265 recorded since 1910.
Social Security Administration records show Delva recorded 265 times among girls since 1910, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 1977.
- #17,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 265 born since 1910
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delva ranks #17,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 265 born since 1910, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 265
- born since 1910
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delva's 265 recorded births place it above 76.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delva's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delva's SSA record in two at 1937 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1952 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delva popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–1977
- Peak year (1952)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Delva by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (70 births, 26% of the file).
1920s was Delva's strongest decade.
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Delva births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
34 births
- 1920s
1920s
70 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s
1940s
37 births
- 1950s
1950s
50 births
- 1960s 17
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 70 births (26% of all-time use).
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What to do with Delva's data
- Delva's decade-level peak was the 1920s (70 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delva: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1910–1977 (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 Delva 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.