Delila

#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births

Peak · girls
#633
1887 · 13 births
Debut · girls
1880
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,574
since 1880

Delila over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Delila has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #633, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,38945
2024#3,45945
2023#3,22550
2022#2,95656
2021#4,01436
2020#3,73539
2019#3,17250
2018#3,49744
2017#3,55243
2016#3,01055
2015#2,68566
2014#3,18451
2013#2,18785
2012#2,49573
2011#2,27482
2010#2,23786
2009#1,934108
2008#1,824118
2007#2,27685
2006#2,77863
2005#3,08151
2004#2,71160
2003#3,34743
2002#3,59537
2001#4,02531
2000#3,16943
1999#3,18840
1998#4,63623
1997#3,81529
1996#4,58322
1995#4,34823
1994#5,71316
1993#4,67121
1992#7,06712
1991#4,05925
1990#3,90926
1989#3,40230
1988#3,69025
1987#3,03131
1986#3,45925
1985#2,44040
1984#2,73033
1983#2,06948
1982#5,20913
1981#4,00519
1980#4,14818
1979#3,33324
1978#4,24216
1977#3,36622
1976#3,28721
1975#4,37014
1974#4,04115
1973#3,01522
1972#3,06221
1971#3,65217
1970#3,31119
1969#4,72310
1968#4,7799
1967#6,0426
1966#3,04017
1965#4,20210
1964#3,69213
1963#3,80112
1962#3,78212
1961#3,06017
1960#3,09516
1959#4,6258
1958#2,86217
1957#2,92616
1956#2,15126
1955#2,55319
1954#2,77916
1953#2,17323
1952#2,58117
1951#2,01624
1950#2,65215
1949#1,91725
1948#2,41617
1947#2,20020
1946#1,86024
1945#1,87420
1944#2,02718
1943#1,94920
1942#1,26440
1941#1,53826
1940#1,96517
1939#2,59211
1938#2,57911
1937#1,73520
1936#1,95016
1935#1,55023
1934#1,55623
1933#1,47025
1932#1,34630
1931#1,75020
1930#1,37131
1929#1,55525
1928#1,63725
1927#1,52329
1926#3,2699
1925#1,74824
1924#1,61228
1923#3,6418
1922#1,61127
1921#2,04819
1920#1,95220
1919#2,06317
1918#2,10217
1917#1,70821
1916#1,73920
1915#1,80018
1914#1,66516
1913#1,67013
1912#1,42115
1911#1,6569
1910#1,33512
1909#1,4719
1908#2,1015
1907#1,3849
1906#1,4168
1905#1,2989
1904#1,8775
1903#1,4407
1902#1,7935
1901—
1900#1,23110
1899#1,2787
1898#1,3797
1897#98211
1896#1,2927
1895#93212
1894—
1893#1,1757
1892#95810
1891#1,2136
1890#64217
1889—
1888—
1887#63313
1886#8977
1885#65811
1884—
1883#7547
1882#8136
1881#6797
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delila was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Delila
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 70 spots since 2024 (#3,459 → #3,389)
  • 346 spots since 2020 (#3,735 → #3,389)
  • 704 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #3,389)
  • Biggest jump: 310 spots in 1897 (#1,292 → #982)
  • Biggest drop: 571 spots in 1891 (#642 → #1,213)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1887 at #633 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1880–1883
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,199
  • Highest: 1 in 11,199 girls born in 1890 were named Delila (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #633 in 1887, was only 1 in 11,229 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 17.9% of all girls named Delila (639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s56#633 (1887)#753
1890s84#642 (1890)#1,095
1900s67#1,231 (1900)#1,557
1910s158#1,335 (1910)#1,716
1920s214#1,523 (1927)#2,060
1930s210#1,346 (1932)#1,790
1940s227#1,264 (1942)#1,901
1950s181#2,016 (1951)#2,732
1960s122#3,040 (1966)#4,022
1970s191#3,015 (1973)#3,568
1980s282#2,069 (1983)#3,418
1990s237#3,188 (1999)#4,599
2000s639#1,824 (2008)#2,874
2010s635#2,187 (2013)#2,829
2020s271#2,956 (2022)#3,463

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Delila in 1881

girls
#679
7 births · 1 in 13,136 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #679Delila7
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 13,136 of them was named Delila, which outranked 27.6% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delila
  1. #623Wilhelmine8
  2. #623Winnifred8
  3. #623Zada8
  4. #679Delila7
  5. #679Abby7
  6. #679Adela7
  7. #679Alfreda7
  8. #740Aida6
  9. #740Albertine6
  10. #740Allene6

Tied with 60 names at #679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1881 →