Girls' name · peaked in 1883
Delia name popularity since 1925
28,592 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Delia. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Delia is about 62 years old in 2026. Delia peaked in 1883 as the #128 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 28,592
- Named Delia, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1883
- #128 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,561 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 28,530 girls · 62 boys
- Most popular in
- Texas
- 4.16× its national share
Peak year is the year Delia made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Delia births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Delia peaked earlier, in 1883.
- Steepest fall: Between 1977 and 1982, Delia's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 4,590 to 1 in 7,590.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Delia's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Delia.
Decade by decade
Babies named Delia in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,447 | 5 | – |
| 1930s | 2,853 | 23 | #397 |
| 1940s | 3,213 | 10 | #436 |
| 1950s | 4,589 | 6 | #405 |
| 1960s | 3,856 | 0 | #497 |
| 1970s | 2,976 | 10 | #595 |
| 1980s | 2,213 | 8 | #867 |
| 1990s | 2,191 | 0 | #879 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | 0 | #947 |
| 2010s | 1,973 | 0 | #1,240 |
| 2020–25 | 873 | 0 | #1,561 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
29.1% of babies named Delia from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Delia is most popular
The index compares Delia's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Delia.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | 4.16× | 7,566 |
| New Mexico | 3.43× | 440 |
| Arizona | 3.02× | 909 |
| California | 2.12× | 5,205 |
| New York | 1.27× | 2,240 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Delia and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Delia (this page) | 28,530 | 1883 |
| Deliah | 1,160 | 1883 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Delia's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Delia.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Delia (1883).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data