Delilah

#51 for girls in 2025, 4,137 births

Peak · girls
#50
2024 · 4,254 births
Debut · girls
1880
10 births
In top 100 · girls
8 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
66,683
since 1880

Delilah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972girlsat peak
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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#514,137
2024#504,254
2023#524,049
2022#583,874
2021#583,761
2020#703,424
2019#883,158
2018#923,012
2017#1022,898
2016#1152,743
2015#1152,740
2014#1302,514
2013#1352,347
2012#1542,096
2011#1711,838
2010#1871,672
2009#1901,705
2008#1931,741
2007#2971,136
2006#547539
2005#585487
2004#594473
2003#611438
2002#706354
2001#664379
2000#674358
1999#649355
1998#871242
1997#894225
1996#1,139159
1995#1,131155
1994#1,277133
1993#1,250138
1992#1,312128
1991#1,160151
1990#1,229136
1989#1,091153
1988#902192
1987#798219
1986#889185
1985#732236
1984#728225
1983#677252
1982#938159
1981#1,158115
1980#939159
1979#804196
1978#919154
1977#926151
1976#939136
1975#951132
1974#881147
1973#837156
1972#1,090104
1971#967131
1970#813170
1969#1,16991
1968#1,47359
1967#1,53753
1966#1,76641
1965#1,51654
1964#1,38366
1963#1,22680
1962#1,024110
1961#1,049109
1960#885139
1959#1,001111
1958#892131
1957#805158
1956#736172
1955#788148
1954#739156
1953#607214
1952#574228
1951#639184
1950#755131
1949#90396
1948#91490
1947#1,21755
1946#1,19252
1945#1,17545
1944#98862
1943#88478
1942#631142
1941#80980
1940#1,15040
1939#1,13241
1938#1,03148
1937#92955
1936#90157
1935#86663
1934#94853
1933#92354
1932#97952
1931#95353
1930#91663
1929#99453
1928#96759
1927#1,12746
1926#83677
1925#1,07450
1924#89371
1923#91264
1922#94961
1921#94661
1920#91463
1919#87564
1918#84872
1917#87962
1916#84065
1915#91752
1914#82750
1913#74849
1912#86833
1911#87524
1910#78130
1909#74729
1908#84921
1907#1,14212
1906#1,00214
1905#77722
1904#80520
1903#81318
1902#73422
1901#82916
1900#80321
1899#62924
1898#61028
1897#78616
1896#75418
1895#81515
1894#64321
1893#66219
1892#63820
1891#48328
1890#57820
1889#56720
1888#57219
1887#60814
1886#57215
1885#62912
1884#50117
1883#57911
1882#59610
1881#53910
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delilah was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 12 girls a year got the name.

See more about Delilah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#50 → #51)
  • 19 spots since 2020 (#70 → #51)
  • 64 spots since 2015 (#115 → #51)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1970 (#1,169 → #813)
  • Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1927 (#836 → #1,127)
Rise & fade · girls
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #50 (4,254 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 8 yrs · run 2018–2025
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1997–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 381
  • Highest: 1 in 381 girls born in 2024 were named Delilah (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 389 girls born in 2025 (0.26%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Delilah (25,018) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s138#501 (1884)#571
1890s209#483 (1891)#660
1900s195#734 (1902)#850
1910s501#748 (1913)#846
1920s605#836 (1926)#961
1930s539#866 (1935)#958
1940s740#631 (1942)#986
1950s1,633#574 (1952)#754
1960s802#885 (1960)#1,303
1970s1,477#804 (1979)#913
1980s1,895#677 (1983)#885
1990s1,822#649 (1999)#1,091
2000s7,610#190 (2009)#506
2010s25,018#88 (2019)#129
2020s23,499#50 (2024)#57

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.

Delilah in 1972

girls
#1,090
104 births · 1 in 14,627 girls

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,090Delilah104
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 14,627 of them was named Delilah, which outranked 88.7% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delilah
  1. #1,084Inez105
  2. #1,084Keli105
  3. #1,084Steven105
  4. #1,090Delilah104
  5. #1,090Evangeline104
  6. #1,090Kira104
  7. #1,090Larhonda104
  8. #1,096Angella103
  9. #1,096Calandra103
  10. #1,096Davida103

Tied with 5 names at #1,090; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →