Delwyn — boys' name
918 babies named Delwyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
918 boys have been named Delwyn since 1917, peaking in the 1950s, last recorded in 2025.
- 918
- total births
- 1917–2025
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 17%
- born in that decade
17% of everyone ever named Delwyn was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Delwyn in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delwyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 918 babies named Delwyn between 1917 and 2025, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delwyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delwyn performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Delwyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Delwyn in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delwyn 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 918 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.
Delwyn at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delwyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1917
- Peak year (1959)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
918 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 28 births in a single year.
Delwyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 158 births that decade — 17% of Delwyn's all-time total
Delwyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 158 births
- Runner-up 150 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Delwyn's strongest decade
158 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Delwyn by state
Where Delwyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.1% |
10 of 918 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.