Delmar
Delmar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 21 births. Its best rank was 294th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 210.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1931354 births
- Best rank
- #294in 1931
- Since 1880
- 14,227people given the name
The story in the numbers
14,227 boys have been named Delmar in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 354 births.
The name has all but left use: 21 births in 2024, against 354 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1935, and the 1920s alone account for 23%. It has spent 88 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Delmar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 62 | |
| 1890s | 77 | |
| 1900s | 244 | |
| 1910s | 1,750 | |
| 1920s | 3,207 | |
| 1930s | 2,994 | |
| 1940s | 1,932 | |
| 1950s | 1,323 | |
| 1960s | 824 | |
| 1970s | 595 | |
| 1980s | 376 | |
| 1990s | 292 | |
| 2000s | 219 | |
| 2010s | 224 | |
| 2020s | 108 |
In 1931, its biggest year
Delmar was the 294th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1931 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1931.
Names that rose and fell with Delmar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delmerpeak 1924
- Eldonpeak 1926
- Elroypeak 1922
- Hershelpeak 1924
- Weldonpeak 1920
- Talmadgepeak 1933
- Delbertpeak 1932
- Arnoldpeak 1924
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.