Meaning not yet researched.
Delilah: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,137 in 2025. Its best rank was #50 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #50 in 2024; #51 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Delilah in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#51 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #50.
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Delilah: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,137 girls in 2025. Peak: #50 in 2024 · most girls in one year: 4,254 (2024).
In 2025, 4,137 US girls were named Delilah, making it the 51st most common girls’ name of the year, down 1 place from #50 in 2024. That is 117 fewer than the 4,254 girls named Delilah in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #50, reached in 2024. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,254. For comparison, it was #115 in 2015 and #756 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Delilah in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 10 babies with the name. In all, 66,683 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 25,018 babies named Delilah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 35,310 US girls were named Delilah; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 4,254. In 2025 that was about 1 in 389 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Delilah ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #23 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 44 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Dalilah (5,135 babies since 1880), Delila (3,574 babies since 1880) and Delylah (1,656 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Delyla, Delaila and Delailah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dell, Della, Lil and Lila.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Delyla (686), Delaila (309), Delailah (174), Dylilah (59), Delaylah (55), Deliylah (44), Dehlila (18), Delillah (15), Dilylah (15), Dililah (11), Deelilah (5).
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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 3 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 46 | #23 | #173 |
| West Virginia | 33 | #27 | #142 |
| Arizona | 126 | #30 | #73 |
| Oklahoma | 69 | #32 | #196 |
| Nevada | 44 | #33 | #68 |
| Indiana | 117 | #34 | #102 |
| Kentucky | 79 | #35 | #152 |
| Arkansas | 48 | #36 | #152 |
| Missouri | 101 | #37 | #184 |
| South Dakota | 18 | #39 | — |
| Ohio | 178 | #40 | #170 |
| California | 564 | #40 | #37 |
| Texas | 485 | #42 | #86 |
| Tennessee | 114 | #43 | #210 |
| Nebraska | 32 | #45 | #140 |
| Alabama | 66 | #48 | #211 |
| Georgia | 144 | #48 | #154 |
| Kansas | 45 | #50 | #120 |
| Alaska | 10 | #51 | #80 |
| Michigan | 114 | #51 | #164 |
| Iowa | 47 | #51 | #164 |
| Wisconsin | 72 | #54 | #143 |
| New Mexico | 20 | #55 | #93 |
| South Carolina | 61 | #58 | #165 |
| Rhode Island | 12 | #60 | #169 |
| Florida | 242 | #60 | #152 |
| Maine | 15 | #61 | #113 |
| Oregon | 45 | #62 | #118 |
| North Carolina | 134 | #63 | #176 |
| Utah | 57 | #64 | #190 |
| Washington | 87 | #64 | #148 |
| Minnesota | 68 | #66 | #180 |
| Illinois | 125 | #67 | #106 |
| New Hampshire | 16 | #69 | #194 |
| Pennsylvania | 122 | #71 | #205 |
| Maryland | 53 | #73 | #163 |
| Louisiana | 46 | #76 | #217 |
| Virginia | 82 | #81 | #172 |
| Wyoming | 5 | #85 | — |
| Colorado | 59 | #85 | #99 |
| Connecticut | 30 | #89 | #216 |
| New York | 154 | #92 | #142 |
| Montana | 10 | #92 | #232 |
| Massachusetts | 58 | #96 | #172 |
| North Dakota | 9 | #104 | — |
| Idaho | 16 | #126 | #93 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #176 | #120 |
| New Jersey | 45 | #181 | #325 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,137 | #51 | — | — |
| 2024 | 4,254 | #50 | — | — |
| 2023 | 4,049 | #52 | — | — |
| 2022 | 3,874 | #58 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,761 | #58 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,424 | #70 | — | — |
| 2019 | 3,158 | #88 | — | — |
| 2018 | 3,012 | #92 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,898 | #102 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,743 | #115 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,740 | #115 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,514 | #130 | — | — |
| 2013 | 2,347 | #135 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,096 | #154 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,838 | #171 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,672 | #187 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,705 | #190 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,741 | #193 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,136 | #297 | — | — |
| 2006 | 539 | #547 | — | — |
| 2005 | 487 | #585 | — | — |
| 2004 | 473 | #595 | — | — |
| 2003 | 438 | #611 | — | — |
| 2002 | 354 | #706 | — | — |
| 2001 | 379 | #664 | — | — |
| 2000 | 358 | #674 | — | — |
| 1999 | 355 | #649 | — | — |
| 1998 | 242 | #871 | — | — |
| 1997 | 225 | #895 | — | — |
| 1996 | 159 | #1,142 | — | — |
| 1995 | 155 | #1,133 | — | — |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,279 | — | — |
| 1993 | 138 | #1,251 | — | — |
| 1992 | 128 | #1,315 | — | — |
| 1991 | 151 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1990 | 136 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1988 | 192 | #902 | — | — |
| 1987 | 219 | #800 | — | — |
| 1986 | 185 | #889 | — | — |
| 1985 | 236 | #732 | — | — |
| 1984 | 225 | #728 | — | — |
| 1983 | 252 | #677 | — | — |
| 1982 | 159 | #938 | — | — |
| 1981 | 115 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1980 | 159 | #940 | — | — |
| 1979 | 196 | #806 | — | — |
| 1978 | 154 | #919 | — | — |
| 1977 | 151 | #927 | — | — |
| 1976 | 136 | #942 | — | — |
| 1975 | 132 | #953 | — | — |
| 1974 | 147 | #881 | — | — |
| 1973 | 156 | #837 | — | — |
| 1972 | 104 | #1,090 | — | — |
| 1971 | 131 | #968 | — | — |
| 1970 | 170 | #814 | — | — |
| 1969 | 91 | #1,171 | — | — |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 1967 | 53 | #1,541 | — | — |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,774 | — | — |
| 1965 | 54 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1964 | 66 | #1,384 | — | — |
| 1963 | 80 | #1,228 | — | — |
| 1962 | 110 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1961 | 109 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 1960 | 139 | #885 | — | — |
| 1959 | 111 | #1,001 | — | — |
| 1958 | 131 | #893 | — | — |
| 1957 | 158 | #806 | — | — |
| 1956 | 172 | #739 | — | — |
| 1955 | 148 | #792 | — | — |
| 1954 | 156 | #739 | — | — |
| 1953 | 214 | #607 | — | — |
| 1952 | 228 | #574 | — | — |
| 1951 | 184 | #640 | — | — |
| 1950 | 131 | #756 | — | — |
| 1949 | 96 | #904 | — | — |
| 1948 | 90 | #916 | — | — |
| 1947 | 55 | #1,217 | — | — |
| 1946 | 52 | #1,192 | — | — |
| 1945 | 45 | #1,176 | — | — |
| 1944 | 62 | #989 | — | — |
| 1943 | 78 | #884 | — | — |
| 1942 | 142 | #632 | — | — |
| 1941 | 80 | #809 | — | — |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,153 | — | — |
| 1939 | 41 | #1,134 | — | — |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,034 | — | — |
| 1937 | 55 | #930 | — | — |
| 1936 | 57 | #902 | — | — |
| 1935 | 63 | #867 | — | — |
| 1934 | 53 | #949 | — | — |
| 1933 | 54 | #924 | — | — |
| 1932 | 52 | #979 | — | — |
| 1931 | 53 | #953 | — | — |
| 1930 | 63 | #919 | — | — |
| 1929 | 53 | #994 | — | — |
| 1928 | 59 | #970 | — | — |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,130 | — | — |
| 1926 | 77 | #836 | — | — |
| 1925 | 50 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1924 | 71 | #895 | — | — |
| 1923 | 64 | #918 | — | — |
| 1922 | 61 | #953 | — | — |
| 1921 | 61 | #946 | — | — |
| 1920 | 63 | #917 | — | — |
| 1919 | 64 | #878 | — | — |
| 1918 | 72 | #849 | — | — |
| 1917 | 62 | #880 | — | — |
| 1916 | 65 | #843 | — | — |
| 1915 | 52 | #918 | — | — |
| 1914 | 50 | #832 | — | — |
| 1913 | 49 | #751 | — | — |
| 1912 | 33 | #874 | — | — |
| 1911 | 24 | #880 | — | — |
| 1910 | 30 | #781 | — | — |
| 1909 | 29 | #749 | — | — |
| 1908 | 21 | #854 | — | — |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,009 | — | — |
| 1905 | 22 | #784 | — | — |
| 1904 | 20 | #810 | — | — |
| 1903 | 18 | #816 | — | — |
| 1902 | 22 | #740 | — | — |
| 1901 | 16 | #835 | — | — |
| 1900 | 21 | #808 | — | — |
| 1899 | 24 | #631 | — | — |
| 1898 | 28 | #613 | — | — |
| 1897 | 16 | #797 | — | — |
| 1896 | 18 | #764 | — | — |
| 1895 | 15 | #823 | — | — |
| 1894 | 21 | #646 | — | — |
| 1893 | 19 | #668 | — | — |
| 1892 | 20 | #645 | — | — |
| 1891 | 28 | #486 | — | — |
| 1890 | 20 | #583 | — | — |
| 1889 | 20 | #574 | — | — |
| 1888 | 19 | #579 | — | — |
| 1887 | 14 | #613 | — | — |
| 1886 | 15 | #576 | — | — |
| 1885 | 12 | #635 | — | — |
| 1884 | 17 | #507 | — | — |
| 1883 | 11 | #592 | — | — |
| 1882 | 10 | #602 | — | — |
| 1881 | 10 | #546 | — | — |
| 1880 | 10 | #554 | — | — |
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).