Meaning not yet researched.
Delta: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 78 in 2025. Its best rank was #723 in 1893.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #723 in 1893; #2,337 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Delta in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,337 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1893, at #723.
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Delta: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 78 girls in 2025. Peak: #723 in 1893 · most girls in one year: 136 (2019).
In 2025, 78 US girls were named Delta, making it the 2,337th most common girls’ name of the year, down 68 places from #2,269 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 82 girls named Delta in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #723, reached in 1893. The most girls given the name in a single year was 136, in 2019. For comparison, it was #3,864 in 2015 and #2,271 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Delta in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 7 babies. In all, 4,476 US babies have been given the name, 98% of them girls and 2.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 565 babies named Delta.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 899 US girls were named Delta; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 136. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,606 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Delta ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #277 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Deltha are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Deltha (141).
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.
No nicknames listed for Delta in the open dataset we use.
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 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 10 | #277 | — |
| Indiana | 6 | #940 | — |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,174 | — |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,514 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,583 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,337 | — | — |
| 2024 | 82 | #2,269 | — | — |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,893 | 5 | #12,658 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,667 | — | — |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,886 | 6 | #11,096 |
| 2020 | 119 | #1,705 | — | — |
| 2019 | 136 | #1,572 | — | — |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,927 | 7 | #9,916 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,609 | 6 | #11,094 |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,869 | — | — |
| 2015 | 39 | #3,864 | — | — |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,930 | — | — |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,487 | — | — |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,547 | — | — |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,466 | — | — |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,593 | — | — |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,157 | 5 | #12,941 |
| 2008 | 5 | #18,249 | — | — |
| 2007 | 6 | #16,019 | — | — |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,365 | — | — |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,344 | — | — |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,496 | — | — |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,306 | — | — |
| 2002 | 5 | #16,103 | — | — |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,327 | — | — |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,699 | — | — |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,854 | — | — |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,478 | — | — |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,963 | — | — |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,857 | — | — |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,951 | — | — |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,513 | — | — |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,033 | — | — |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,790 | — | — |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,372 | — | — |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,929 | 5 | #8,423 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,276 | — | — |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,724 | — | — |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,332 | — | — |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,063 | — | — |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,129 | — | — |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,012 | — | — |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,523 | — | — |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,923 | — | — |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,584 | — | — |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,188 | — | — |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,568 | — | — |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,698 | — | — |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,649 | 5 | #6,061 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,616 | — | — |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,917 | — | — |
| 1974 | 82 | #1,302 | 6 | #4,760 |
| 1973 | 99 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1972 | 57 | #1,595 | — | — |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,610 | — | — |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,139 | — | — |
| 1969 | 13 | #4,012 | — | — |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,893 | — | — |
| 1967 | 5 | #7,023 | — | — |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,258 | — | — |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,690 | — | — |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,363 | — | — |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,496 | — | — |
| 1962 | 21 | #2,680 | — | — |
| 1961 | 29 | #2,207 | — | — |
| 1960 | 25 | #2,385 | — | — |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,827 | — | — |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,275 | 6 | #3,631 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,932 | — | — |
| 1956 | 38 | #1,723 | 5 | #4,077 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,949 | 8 | #3,024 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,133 | 5 | #3,952 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,886 | — | — |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,652 | — | — |
| 1951 | 28 | #1,854 | — | — |
| 1950 | 19 | #2,271 | — | — |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,929 | — | — |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,750 | — | — |
| 1947 | 24 | #2,008 | — | — |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,782 | — | — |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,425 | — | — |
| 1944 | 31 | #1,462 | — | — |
| 1943 | 32 | #1,473 | — | — |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,713 | — | — |
| 1941 | 28 | #1,479 | — | — |
| 1940 | 32 | #1,320 | — | — |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,520 | — | — |
| 1938 | 43 | #1,097 | — | — |
| 1937 | 44 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,210 | — | — |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1934 | 48 | #995 | — | — |
| 1933 | 40 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,272 | — | — |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 1930 | 44 | #1,118 | — | — |
| 1929 | 36 | #1,246 | — | — |
| 1928 | 49 | #1,074 | — | — |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,198 | 6 | #3,875 |
| 1926 | 45 | #1,135 | — | — |
| 1925 | 48 | #1,104 | — | — |
| 1924 | 58 | #1,002 | — | — |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1922 | 59 | #971 | — | — |
| 1921 | 50 | #1,075 | 6 | #3,966 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,123 | 5 | #4,455 |
| 1919 | 51 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1918 | 53 | #991 | — | — |
| 1917 | 53 | #955 | 7 | #3,300 |
| 1916 | 74 | #790 | 5 | #4,057 |
| 1915 | 58 | #857 | — | — |
| 1914 | 48 | #851 | — | — |
| 1913 | 31 | #963 | 5 | #2,925 |
| 1912 | 43 | #763 | — | — |
| 1911 | 25 | #856 | — | — |
| 1910 | 26 | #847 | — | — |
| 1909 | 29 | #750 | — | — |
| 1908 | 27 | #745 | 5 | #1,430 |
| 1907 | 12 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1906 | 21 | #801 | — | — |
| 1905 | 15 | #974 | — | — |
| 1904 | 23 | #730 | — | — |
| 1903 | 14 | #940 | — | — |
| 1902 | 17 | #851 | — | — |
| 1901 | 13 | #929 | — | — |
| 1900 | 21 | #810 | — | — |
| 1899 | 18 | #763 | — | — |
| 1898 | 21 | #725 | — | — |
| 1897 | 10 | #1,053 | — | — |
| 1896 | 19 | #732 | — | — |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,073 | — | — |
| 1894 | 12 | #913 | — | — |
| 1893 | 17 | #723 | — | — |
| 1892 | 9 | #1,027 | — | — |
| 1891 | 9 | #953 | — | — |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,245 | — | — |
| 1889 | 11 | #809 | — | — |
| 1888 | 13 | #731 | — | — |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 1885 | 6 | #948 | — | — |
| 1884 | 8 | #807 | — | — |
| 1883 | 7 | #764 | — | — |
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).