Boys' name · since 1914
Delvin
Delvin has 5,328 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,328
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Yes -- Delvin is the #4554 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,328 recorded since 1914.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delvin has been recorded 5,328 times among boys since 1914, currently ranked #4554 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #1,720 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,554 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,328 born since 1914
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delvin ranks #1,720 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,554 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,328 born since 1914, peaking in the 1970s.
- #1,720 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,554 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,328
- born since 1914
- 1970s
- peak decade
Delvin's 5,328 recorded births place it above 96.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Delvin compares
5,328 Top 12% higher than 88% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Delvin's all-time total is 14x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delvin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,328 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 186 | 34 | 22,252 |
Delvin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delvin's full recorded timeline at 1970, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 9 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 186 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delvin popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 186
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Delvin popularity over time - girls
27 total births recorded since 1978 (Delvin as girls' name)
Delvin by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (809 births, 15% of the file).
1970s was Delvin's strongest decade.
809 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Delvin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 72
1910s
72 births
- 1920s 250
1920s
250 births
- 1930s
1930s
341 births
- 1940s 306
1940s
306 births
- 1950s
1950s
421 births
- 1960s
1960s
405 births
- 1970s
1970s
809 births
- 1980s
1980s
775 births
- 1990s
1990s
726 births
- 2000s
2000s
656 births
- 2010s
2010s
396 births
- 2020s 171
2020s
171 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 809 births (15% of all-time use).
How Delvin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Delvin's total volume
Delvin by state
Where Delvin concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 434 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 330 | 6.2% |
| #3 | Louisiana | | 210 | 3.9% |
| #4 | California | | 180 | 3.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 84 | 1.6% |
| #6 | Alabama | | 73 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 71 | 1.3% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 68 | 1.3% |
434 of 5,328 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Delvin appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Delvin's data
- Delvin's decade-level peak was the 1970s (809 total births); usage has since declined to 171 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Delvins (434 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Delvin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Delvin 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.