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 1948
Top girls' names in 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
girls
1,697,908 girls got a published name in 1948; 1 in 154,355 of them was named Del, which outranked 48.1% of the 6,040 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,974Vona12
- #2,974Wendolyn12
- #2,974Zoila12
- #3,137Del11
- #3,137Adair11
- #3,137Adonna11
- #3,137Alean11
- #3,350Aggie10
- #3,350Alan10
- #3,350Aldene10
Tied with 212 names at #3,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 21,140 of them was named Del, which outranked 82.4% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).