Delia
Delia is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 141 births. Its best rank was 126th, in 1880, 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1410.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1957490 births
- Best rank
- #126first in 1880
- Since 1880
- 37,173people given the name
The story in the numbers
37,173 girls have been named Delia in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 490 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 1955, and the 1950s alone account for 12%. It has spent 123 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,546 | |
| 1890s | 1,871 | |
| 1900s | 1,629 | |
| 1910s | 2,360 | |
| 1920s | 2,829 | |
| 1930s | 2,852 | |
| 1940s | 3,212 | |
| 1950s | 4,589 | |
| 1960s | 3,856 | |
| 1970s | 2,976 | |
| 1980s | 2,211 | |
| 1990s | 2,191 | |
| 2000s | 2,345 | |
| 2010s | 1,970 | |
| 2020s | 736 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Delia was the 423rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1957 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Debra and Karen. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Delia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Minervapeak 1955
- Alidapeak 1917
- Neliapeak 2015
- Rosapeak 1925
- Rettapeak 1922
- Dorapeak 1921
- Dellapeak 1917
- Theresiapeak 1959
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.