Delena
Delena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 10 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 100.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196758 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1902
- 2,167people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,167 girls have been named Delena in the United States since 1902, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1967, with 58 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 10 | |
| 1910s | 49 | |
| 1920s | 125 | |
| 1930s | 132 | |
| 1940s | 139 | |
| 1950s | 252 | |
| 1960s | 402 | |
| 1970s | 354 | |
| 1980s | 232 | |
| 1990s | 204 | |
| 2000s | 140 | |
| 2010s | 79 | |
| 2020s | 49 |
In 1967, its biggest year
Delena was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1967 were Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle, Mary and Susan. See all of 1967.
Names that rose and fell with Delena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Carmenpeak 1960
- Teresitapeak 1962
- Carmanpeak 1970
- Mariapeak 1964
- Doriapeak 1971
- Guillerminapeak 1966
- Gretchenpeak 1973
- Carlenapeak 1975
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.