Delvin
Delvin is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 612th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1978186 births
- Best rank
- #612in 1978
- Since 1914
- 5,306people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,306 boys have been named Delvin in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 186 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 1980, and the 1970s alone account for 15%. It has spent 7 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Delvin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | |
| 1920s | 250 | |
| 1930s | 341 | |
| 1940s | 306 | |
| 1950s | 421 | |
| 1960s | 405 | |
| 1970s | 809 | |
| 1980s | 775 | |
| 1990s | 726 | |
| 2000s | 656 | |
| 2010s | 396 | |
| 2020s | 149 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Delvin was the 612th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1978 were Michael, Jason, Christopher, David and James. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Delvin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Fransiscopeak 2001
- Juventinopeak 1991
- Arnulfopeak 1992
- Rodolfopeak 1981
- Edmundopeak 1958
- Bernabepeak 1993
- Reymundopeak 1995
- Philippepeak 1979
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.