Girls' name · peaked in 1933
Deloris name popularity since 1925
31,692 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Deloris. Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Deloris is about 82 years old in 2026. Deloris peaked in 1933 as the #187 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 31,692
- Named Deloris, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1933
- #187 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Deloris in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 31,594 girls · 98 boys
- Most popular in
- West Virginia
- 6.06× its national share
Peak year is the year Deloris 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.
Deloris births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Deloris peaked in 1933.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Deloris became 2× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1966 and 1971, its share of baby girls fell by 46%, from 1 in 7,260 to 1 in 13,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Deloris's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Deloris.
Decade by decade
Babies named Deloris 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 | 2,912 | 11 | – |
| 1930s | 8,984 | 55 | #200 |
| 1940s | 8,963 | 21 | #229 |
| 1950s | 6,593 | 11 | #337 |
| 1960s | 2,695 | 0 | #604 |
| 1970s | 775 | 0 | #1,415 |
| 1980s | 355 | 0 | #3,182 |
| 1990s | 209 | 0 | #5,744 |
| 2000s | 81 | 0 | #13,368 |
| 2010s | 20 | 0 | #14,975 |
| 2020–25 | 7 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
49.3% of babies named Deloris from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Deloris is most popular
The index compares Deloris'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 Deloris.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 6.06× | 1,584 |
| South Carolina | 5.20× | 2,167 |
| Mississippi | 3.90× | 1,405 |
| North Dakota | 3.79× | 355 |
| South Dakota | 3.68× | 349 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Deloris 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Deloris (this page) | 31,594 | 1933 |
| Delores | 110,155 | 1932 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Deloris's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Deloris.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Deloris (1933).
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