Del
Del is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 644th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1958143 births
- Best rank
- #644in 1958
- Since 1909
- 4,961people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,289 boys have been named Del in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 143 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 26%. It has spent 33 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 672 girls have also been given it, 14% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Del | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 116 | |
| 1920s | 166 | |
| 1930s | 333 | |
| 1940s | 556 | |
| 1950s | 1,095 | |
| 1960s | 967 | |
| 1970s | 427 | |
| 1980s | 201 | |
| 1990s | 167 | |
| 2000s | 104 | |
| 2010s | 90 | |
| 2020s | 62 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Del was the 644th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Del
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Darrellpeak 1958
- Mickeypeak 1957
- Douglaspeak 1957
- Montepeak 1956
- Kentpeak 1962
- Derrypeak 1957
- Stuartpeak 1960
- Montypeak 1961
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.