Girls' name · since 1898
Delvina
170 babies named Delvina in U.S. Social Security records since 1898, with the highest year being 1920. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
170 girls have been named Delvina since 1898, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delvina has been recorded 170 times among girls since 1898, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1898 to 1998.
- #21,466 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1898
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delvina ranks #21,466 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1898, peaking in the 1920s.
- #21,466 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1898
- 1920s
- peak decade
Delvina's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delvina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delvina's SSA record in two at 1924 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1898, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1920 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delvina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1898–1998
- Peak year (1920)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 101 years of records
Delvina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (60 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Delvina's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Delvina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
48 births
- 1920s
1920s
60 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 8
1950s
8 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 60 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Delvina's data
- Delvina's decade-level peak was the 1920s (60 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Delvina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~100 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, 1898–1998 (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 Delvina 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.