Meaning not yet researched.
Delia: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 135 in 2025. Its best rank was #126 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #126 in 1882; #1,561 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Delia in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,561 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #126.
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Delia: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 135 girls in 2025. Peak: #126 in 1882 · most girls in one year: 490 (1957).
In 2025, 135 US girls were named Delia, making it the 1,561st most common girls’ name of the year, down 49 places from #1,512 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 143 girls named Delia in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #126, reached in 1882. The most girls given the name in a single year was 490, in 1957. For comparison, it was #1,240 in 2015 and #399 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Delia in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 129 babies with the name. In all, 37,380 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 4,595 babies named Delia.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,540 US girls were named Delia; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 183. In 2025 that was about 1 in 11,906 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Delia ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #753 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Dalia (14,297 babies since 1880) and Adelia (5,717 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Delina, Deliah and Fidelia are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Cordelia, Delius and Fidelia.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Italian, Romanian and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Delina (1,931), Deliah (1,260), Fidelia (732), Dellie (645), Deliyah (348), Dellia (339), Dilia (250), Dehlia (197), Deleah (189), Deliana (152), Delio (98), Dealie (79), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Delia is listed as a nickname for Adaline, Adeline, Bedelia, Cordelia, Fidelia.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 37 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 6 | #753 | #714 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #789 | #583 |
| Colorado | 5 | #941 | — |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,018 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,091 | #990 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,101 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,447 | #835 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,464 | #1,707 |
| California | 15 | #1,512 | #1,393 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,513 | #1,272 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,514 | — |
| New York | 5 | #2,174 | #1,408 |
| Florida | 5 | #2,242 | #1,902 |
| Texas | 9 | #2,264 | #1,323 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 135 | #1,561 | — | — |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,512 | — | — |
| 2023 | 154 | #1,447 | — | — |
| 2022 | 130 | #1,624 | — | — |
| 2021 | 147 | #1,463 | — | — |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,344 | — | — |
| 2019 | 152 | #1,454 | — | — |
| 2018 | 161 | #1,395 | — | — |
| 2017 | 171 | #1,355 | — | — |
| 2016 | 183 | #1,308 | — | — |
| 2015 | 197 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 2014 | 217 | #1,149 | — | — |
| 2013 | 178 | #1,319 | — | — |
| 2012 | 219 | #1,126 | — | — |
| 2011 | 250 | #1,007 | — | — |
| 2010 | 245 | #1,021 | — | — |
| 2009 | 227 | #1,116 | — | — |
| 2008 | 229 | #1,127 | — | — |
| 2007 | 272 | #986 | — | — |
| 2006 | 238 | #1,069 | — | — |
| 2005 | 261 | #947 | — | — |
| 2004 | 247 | #970 | — | — |
| 2003 | 248 | #946 | — | — |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 2001 | 205 | #1,047 | — | — |
| 2000 | 221 | #959 | — | — |
| 1999 | 236 | #898 | — | — |
| 1998 | 246 | #863 | — | — |
| 1997 | 232 | #877 | — | — |
| 1996 | 187 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1995 | 217 | #879 | — | — |
| 1994 | 172 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 1993 | 226 | #856 | — | — |
| 1992 | 199 | #965 | — | — |
| 1991 | 230 | #870 | — | — |
| 1990 | 246 | #809 | — | — |
| 1989 | 219 | #851 | — | — |
| 1988 | 187 | #913 | — | — |
| 1987 | 199 | #858 | — | — |
| 1986 | 193 | #857 | 8 | #4,963 |
| 1985 | 185 | #867 | — | — |
| 1984 | 202 | #792 | — | — |
| 1983 | 266 | #648 | — | — |
| 1982 | 223 | #747 | — | — |
| 1981 | 254 | #685 | — | — |
| 1980 | 285 | #639 | — | — |
| 1979 | 280 | #626 | — | — |
| 1978 | 289 | #589 | — | — |
| 1977 | 334 | #539 | 5 | #6,058 |
| 1976 | 325 | #538 | — | — |
| 1975 | 271 | #595 | — | — |
| 1974 | 240 | #638 | — | — |
| 1973 | 307 | #544 | — | — |
| 1972 | 296 | #559 | — | — |
| 1971 | 307 | #573 | — | — |
| 1970 | 327 | #560 | 5 | #4,872 |
| 1969 | 298 | #570 | — | — |
| 1968 | 312 | #547 | — | — |
| 1967 | 313 | #533 | — | — |
| 1966 | 340 | #513 | — | — |
| 1965 | 363 | #497 | — | — |
| 1964 | 433 | #465 | — | — |
| 1963 | 436 | #464 | — | — |
| 1962 | 415 | #474 | — | — |
| 1961 | 468 | #453 | — | — |
| 1960 | 478 | #445 | — | — |
| 1959 | 488 | #436 | — | — |
| 1958 | 457 | #446 | — | — |
| 1957 | 490 | #423 | — | — |
| 1956 | 479 | #415 | — | — |
| 1955 | 465 | #405 | — | — |
| 1954 | 457 | #405 | — | — |
| 1953 | 480 | #389 | — | — |
| 1952 | 452 | #389 | — | — |
| 1951 | 419 | #403 | 6 | #3,427 |
| 1950 | 402 | #399 | — | — |
| 1949 | 413 | #388 | — | — |
| 1948 | 357 | #418 | 5 | #3,797 |
| 1947 | 377 | #417 | — | — |
| 1946 | 336 | #419 | — | — |
| 1945 | 271 | #436 | — | — |
| 1944 | 286 | #424 | — | — |
| 1943 | 306 | #420 | — | — |
| 1942 | 327 | #394 | — | — |
| 1941 | 284 | #403 | — | — |
| 1940 | 256 | #426 | 5 | #3,565 |
| 1939 | 268 | #411 | — | — |
| 1938 | 265 | #413 | 6 | #3,254 |
| 1937 | 284 | #385 | — | — |
| 1936 | 252 | #404 | 5 | #3,660 |
| 1935 | 265 | #397 | 7 | #3,023 |
| 1934 | 290 | #371 | — | — |
| 1933 | 328 | #344 | 5 | #3,764 |
| 1932 | 296 | #376 | — | — |
| 1931 | 311 | #365 | — | — |
| 1930 | 294 | #397 | — | — |
| 1929 | 302 | #385 | — | — |
| 1928 | 297 | #387 | 5 | #4,287 |
| 1927 | 294 | #400 | — | — |
| 1926 | 282 | #405 | — | — |
| 1925 | 272 | #417 | — | — |
| 1924 | 289 | #405 | — | — |
| 1923 | 293 | #387 | — | — |
| 1922 | 247 | #423 | — | — |
| 1921 | 271 | #410 | — | — |
| 1920 | 282 | #393 | — | — |
| 1919 | 300 | #374 | — | — |
| 1918 | 294 | #381 | — | — |
| 1917 | 283 | #376 | — | — |
| 1916 | 267 | #384 | — | — |
| 1915 | 280 | #358 | — | — |
| 1914 | 248 | #335 | — | — |
| 1913 | 198 | #344 | — | — |
| 1912 | 171 | #350 | — | — |
| 1911 | 170 | #303 | — | — |
| 1910 | 149 | #314 | — | — |
| 1909 | 147 | #295 | — | — |
| 1908 | 168 | #272 | — | — |
| 1907 | 162 | #271 | — | — |
| 1906 | 125 | #295 | — | — |
| 1905 | 171 | #244 | — | — |
| 1904 | 184 | #226 | — | — |
| 1903 | 145 | #253 | — | — |
| 1902 | 132 | #271 | — | — |
| 1901 | 164 | #224 | — | — |
| 1900 | 231 | #207 | — | — |
| 1899 | 180 | #208 | — | — |
| 1898 | 179 | #215 | — | — |
| 1897 | 186 | #203 | — | — |
| 1896 | 190 | #201 | — | — |
| 1895 | 193 | #195 | — | — |
| 1894 | 172 | #203 | — | — |
| 1893 | 194 | #182 | — | — |
| 1892 | 203 | #177 | — | — |
| 1891 | 177 | #180 | — | — |
| 1890 | 197 | #172 | — | — |
| 1889 | 182 | #165 | — | — |
| 1888 | 200 | #155 | — | — |
| 1887 | 150 | #163 | — | — |
| 1886 | 169 | #146 | — | — |
| 1885 | 155 | #146 | — | — |
| 1884 | 145 | #147 | — | — |
| 1883 | 162 | #128 | — | — |
| 1882 | 143 | #126 | — | — |
| 1881 | 111 | #141 | — | — |
| 1880 | 129 | #126 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).