Del
Last seen for girls in 1973 at #8,423 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 86.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 143 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,298since 1909
Del over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #8,243 | 9 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,220 | 14 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,698 | 12 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,699 | 15 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,643 | 10 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,726 | 12 | |
| 2015 | — | #9,568 | 7 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #10,770 | 6 | |
| 2011 | — | #12,287 | 5 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,310 | 9 | |
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #6,094 | 13 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,055 | 9 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #4,162 | 17 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,094 | 15 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,501 | 18 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,865 | 22 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,902 | 21 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,961 | 18 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,272 | 25 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,171 | 25 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,979 | 27 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,787 | 16 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,966 | 10 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,570 | 37 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,718 | 31 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,608 | 33 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,290 | 43 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #1,586 | 30 |
| 1972 | — | #1,149 | 50 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,043 | 61 | |
| 1970 | #6,362 | 7 | #898 | 80 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #873 | 77 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #821 | 81 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #843 | 72 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 | #835 | 76 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 | #724 | 105 |
| 1964 | — | #763 | 100 | |
| 1963 | #3,066 | 17 | #703 | 122 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #733 | 109 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 | #803 | 90 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #672 | 135 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #651 | 140 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #644 | 143 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #665 | 130 |
| 1956 | #1,931 | 31 | #699 | 112 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #691 | 113 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 | #656 | 122 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | #749 | 90 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #742 | 90 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #766 | 83 |
| 1950 | #2,121 | 21 | #800 | 72 |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | #866 | 63 |
| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | #737 | 83 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #737 | 87 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #819 | 64 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #1,085 | 37 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | #956 | 49 |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | #933 | 50 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #952 | 45 |
| 1939 | #2,206 | 14 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | #963 | 43 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 | #972 | 41 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 | #1,247 | 29 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1933 | #2,161 | 14 | #1,124 | 34 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #1,333 | 27 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | #1,443 | 25 |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #1,760 | 19 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #1,748 | 20 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #1,787 | 19 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #1,964 | 17 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #1,874 | 18 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #2,063 | 15 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,043 | 14 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | #1,241 | 28 |
| 1914 | — | #2,271 | 9 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,885 | 8 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Del! It came in at #1,440, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1911, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
See more about Del
- 1,411 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #8,243)
- 2,544 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #8,243)
- 1,325 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #8,243)
- Biggest jump: 275 spots in 1936 (#1,247 → #972)
- Biggest drop: 145 spots in 1971 (#898 → #1,043)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #644 (143 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1945–1970
- Highest: 1 in 14,842 boys born in 1958 were named Del (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.5% of all boys named Del (1,095) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1922, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #1,440 (1909) | #1,440 |
| 1910s | 116 | #1,241 (1915) | #1,957 |
| 1920s | 166 | #1,443 (1929) | #2,074 |
| 1930s | 333 | #963 (1938) | #1,184 |
| 1940s | 556 | #737 (1947) | #915 |
| 1950s | 1,095 | #644 (1958) | #706 |
| 1960s | 967 | #672 (1960) | #777 |
| 1970s | 427 | #898 (1970) | #1,430 |
| 1980s | 201 | #1,979 (1984) | #2,660 |
| 1990s | 167 | #2,544 (1991) | #3,983 |
| 2000s | 104 | #5,278 (2005) | #7,182 |
| 2010s | 90 | #5,659 (2013) | #8,689 |
| 2020s | 71 | #5,699 (2020) | #6,999 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Del in 1909
Top boys' names in 1909
More about 1909
boys
163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 32,799 of them was named Del, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 239 names at #1,440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.