Meaning not yet researched.
Della: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 533 in 2025. Its best rank was #60 in 1881.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #60 in 1881; #563 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Della in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#563 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1881, at #60.
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Della: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 533 girls in 2025. Peak: #60 in 1881 · most girls in one year: 1,192 (1917).
In 2025, 533 US girls were named Della, making it the 563rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 17 places from #580 in 2024. That is 13 more than the 520 girls named Della in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #60, reached in 1881. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,192, in 1917. For comparison, it was #1,156 in 2015 and #312 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Della in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 391 babies with the name. In all, 70,949 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 10,423 babies named Della.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,797 US girls were named Della; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 533. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,016 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Della ranked highest in North Dakota in 2025, at #122 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Adella (5,998 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dela, Deola and Diala are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Adela, Adelaide, Delilah and Dell.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dela (565), Deola (392), Diala (259), Diella (75), Dellah (69), Deyla (68), Dila (45), Delaya (41), Delaia (17), Dilla (15), Dyala (10), Deila (7), 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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 14 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 8 | #122 | — |
| Nebraska | 15 | #151 | — |
| South Dakota | 7 | #167 | — |
| Montana | 6 | #175 | — |
| Iowa | 15 | #233 | #430 |
| Mississippi | 11 | #252 | — |
| Idaho | 9 | #256 | — |
| West Virginia | 6 | #281 | — |
| Missouri | 20 | #301 | #863 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #301 | #771 |
| Minnesota | 18 | #312 | #693 |
| Alabama | 15 | #326 | #635 |
| Indiana | 19 | #362 | — |
| Utah | 12 | #367 | #746 |
| Michigan | 23 | #376 | #934 |
| Tennessee | 20 | #397 | #695 |
| Ohio | 27 | #417 | #707 |
| Virginia | 18 | #442 | — |
| Oklahoma | 9 | #456 | — |
| Arkansas | 6 | #506 | — |
| Colorado | 11 | #509 | #633 |
| North Carolina | 21 | #518 | #917 |
| Washington | 13 | #521 | #1,168 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #532 | #789 |
| Massachusetts | 10 | #533 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 19 | #563 | #1,144 |
| Oregon | 6 | #572 | — |
| Georgia | 18 | #589 | #986 |
| Arizona | 11 | #592 | — |
| Illinois | 15 | #630 | #1,192 |
| Kentucky | 6 | #677 | — |
| Louisiana | 6 | #696 | #694 |
| Florida | 18 | #884 | #1,386 |
| California | 31 | #916 | #1,845 |
| New York | 14 | #1,041 | #1,311 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,222 | — |
| Texas | 20 | #1,282 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 533 | #563 | — | — |
| 2024 | 520 | #580 | — | — |
| 2023 | 453 | #645 | — | — |
| 2022 | 449 | #660 | — | — |
| 2021 | 405 | #710 | — | — |
| 2020 | 284 | #916 | — | — |
| 2019 | 339 | #808 | — | — |
| 2018 | 314 | #864 | — | — |
| 2017 | 252 | #1,028 | — | — |
| 2016 | 248 | #1,052 | — | — |
| 2015 | 218 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 2014 | 194 | #1,249 | — | — |
| 2013 | 164 | #1,400 | — | — |
| 2012 | 174 | #1,348 | — | — |
| 2011 | 120 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,625 | — | — |
| 2009 | 115 | #1,852 | — | — |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,469 | — | — |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,690 | — | — |
| 2006 | 87 | #2,211 | — | — |
| 2005 | 78 | #2,300 | — | — |
| 2004 | 75 | #2,313 | — | — |
| 2003 | 68 | #2,419 | — | — |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,530 | — | — |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,154 | — | — |
| 2000 | 45 | #3,084 | — | — |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,751 | — | — |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,315 | — | — |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,893 | — | — |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,403 | — | — |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,427 | — | — |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,298 | — | — |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,544 | — | — |
| 1992 | 59 | #2,248 | — | — |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,326 | — | — |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,264 | — | — |
| 1989 | 79 | #1,720 | — | — |
| 1988 | 64 | #1,916 | — | — |
| 1987 | 62 | #1,863 | — | — |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,487 | — | — |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,888 | — | — |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,540 | — | — |
| 1983 | 90 | #1,331 | — | — |
| 1982 | 96 | #1,310 | — | — |
| 1981 | 98 | #1,294 | — | — |
| 1980 | 108 | #1,221 | — | — |
| 1979 | 115 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1978 | 119 | #1,098 | — | — |
| 1977 | 180 | #832 | — | — |
| 1976 | 145 | #908 | — | — |
| 1975 | 165 | #824 | — | — |
| 1974 | 165 | #816 | — | — |
| 1973 | 173 | #775 | — | — |
| 1972 | 204 | #708 | — | — |
| 1971 | 247 | #656 | — | — |
| 1970 | 291 | #599 | — | — |
| 1969 | 291 | #579 | — | — |
| 1968 | 324 | #529 | — | — |
| 1967 | 326 | #523 | — | — |
| 1966 | 369 | #487 | — | — |
| 1965 | 389 | #482 | — | — |
| 1964 | 469 | #454 | — | — |
| 1963 | 535 | #418 | — | — |
| 1962 | 520 | #427 | — | — |
| 1961 | 615 | #389 | — | — |
| 1960 | 745 | #353 | — | — |
| 1959 | 676 | #366 | — | — |
| 1958 | 663 | #359 | — | — |
| 1957 | 538 | #394 | — | — |
| 1956 | 542 | #383 | — | — |
| 1955 | 590 | #359 | — | — |
| 1954 | 591 | #354 | — | — |
| 1953 | 550 | #363 | — | — |
| 1952 | 614 | #334 | — | — |
| 1951 | 654 | #308 | — | — |
| 1950 | 620 | #312 | — | — |
| 1949 | 574 | #324 | — | — |
| 1948 | 611 | #311 | — | — |
| 1947 | 732 | #286 | — | — |
| 1946 | 588 | #305 | — | — |
| 1945 | 532 | #297 | — | — |
| 1944 | 635 | #276 | — | — |
| 1943 | 682 | #269 | — | — |
| 1942 | 681 | #262 | — | — |
| 1941 | 673 | #250 | 7 | #2,933 |
| 1940 | 650 | #248 | — | — |
| 1939 | 680 | #238 | — | — |
| 1938 | 748 | #223 | — | — |
| 1937 | 787 | #213 | — | — |
| 1936 | 721 | #225 | 5 | #3,661 |
| 1935 | 774 | #220 | — | — |
| 1934 | 796 | #220 | — | — |
| 1933 | 850 | #206 | 5 | #3,765 |
| 1932 | 844 | #213 | 6 | #3,463 |
| 1931 | 863 | #210 | 6 | #3,475 |
| 1930 | 887 | #207 | — | — |
| 1929 | 866 | #211 | 6 | #3,646 |
| 1928 | 897 | #209 | 8 | #3,139 |
| 1927 | 946 | #208 | 8 | #3,222 |
| 1926 | 1,009 | #196 | 6 | #3,809 |
| 1925 | 1,028 | #198 | 6 | #3,839 |
| 1924 | 1,050 | #200 | 12 | #2,506 |
| 1923 | 1,125 | #192 | 6 | #3,922 |
| 1922 | 1,155 | #185 | 5 | #4,453 |
| 1921 | 1,153 | #187 | — | — |
| 1920 | 1,137 | #183 | — | — |
| 1919 | 1,190 | #175 | 5 | #4,304 |
| 1918 | 1,162 | #177 | — | — |
| 1917 | 1,192 | #168 | 6 | #3,646 |
| 1916 | 1,172 | #165 | 6 | #3,595 |
| 1915 | 1,086 | #169 | — | — |
| 1914 | 879 | #165 | — | — |
| 1913 | 789 | #151 | 7 | #2,320 |
| 1912 | 733 | #148 | — | — |
| 1911 | 645 | #130 | 7 | #1,420 |
| 1910 | 602 | #137 | — | — |
| 1909 | 568 | #125 | — | — |
| 1908 | 549 | #123 | — | — |
| 1907 | 582 | #113 | — | — |
| 1906 | 557 | #112 | — | — |
| 1905 | 593 | #109 | — | — |
| 1904 | 607 | #102 | 6 | #1,096 |
| 1903 | 611 | #96 | — | — |
| 1902 | 609 | #96 | — | — |
| 1901 | 534 | #100 | — | — |
| 1900 | 748 | #90 | — | — |
| 1899 | 595 | #91 | 5 | #1,086 |
| 1898 | 656 | #91 | — | — |
| 1897 | 624 | #87 | — | — |
| 1896 | 642 | #85 | — | — |
| 1895 | 648 | #86 | 5 | #1,120 |
| 1894 | 681 | #77 | — | — |
| 1893 | 660 | #76 | — | — |
| 1892 | 666 | #76 | — | — |
| 1891 | 607 | #74 | — | — |
| 1890 | 631 | #72 | — | — |
| 1889 | 606 | #72 | — | — |
| 1888 | 621 | #71 | 6 | #949 |
| 1887 | 496 | #74 | — | — |
| 1886 | 565 | #67 | — | — |
| 1885 | 500 | #71 | — | — |
| 1884 | 541 | #65 | — | — |
| 1883 | 453 | #66 | — | — |
| 1882 | 447 | #66 | — | — |
| 1881 | 428 | #60 | — | — |
| 1880 | 391 | #66 | — | — |
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).