Delilah
#51 for girls in 2025, 4,137 births
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 4,254 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 8 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 66,683since 1880
Delilah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #51 | 4,137 |
| 2024 | #50 | 4,254 |
| 2023 | #52 | 4,049 |
| 2022 | #58 | 3,874 |
| 2021 | #58 | 3,761 |
| 2020 | #70 | 3,424 |
| 2019 | #88 | 3,158 |
| 2018 | #92 | 3,012 |
| 2017 | #102 | 2,898 |
| 2016 | #115 | 2,743 |
| 2015 | #115 | 2,740 |
| 2014 | #130 | 2,514 |
| 2013 | #135 | 2,347 |
| 2012 | #154 | 2,096 |
| 2011 | #171 | 1,838 |
| 2010 | #187 | 1,672 |
| 2009 | #190 | 1,705 |
| 2008 | #193 | 1,741 |
| 2007 | #297 | 1,136 |
| 2006 | #547 | 539 |
| 2005 | #585 | 487 |
| 2004 | #594 | 473 |
| 2003 | #611 | 438 |
| 2002 | #706 | 354 |
| 2001 | #664 | 379 |
| 2000 | #674 | 358 |
| 1999 | #649 | 355 |
| 1998 | #871 | 242 |
| 1997 | #894 | 225 |
| 1996 | #1,139 | 159 |
| 1995 | #1,131 | 155 |
| 1994 | #1,277 | 133 |
| 1993 | #1,250 | 138 |
| 1992 | #1,312 | 128 |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 |
| 1990 | #1,229 | 136 |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 |
| 1988 | #902 | 192 |
| 1987 | #798 | 219 |
| 1986 | #889 | 185 |
| 1985 | #732 | 236 |
| 1984 | #728 | 225 |
| 1983 | #677 | 252 |
| 1982 | #938 | 159 |
| 1981 | #1,158 | 115 |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 |
| 1979 | #804 | 196 |
| 1978 | #919 | 154 |
| 1977 | #926 | 151 |
| 1976 | #939 | 136 |
| 1975 | #951 | 132 |
| 1974 | #881 | 147 |
| 1973 | #837 | 156 |
| 1972 | #1,090 | 104 |
| 1971 | #967 | 131 |
| 1970 | #813 | 170 |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,537 | 53 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 |
| 1964 | #1,383 | 66 |
| 1963 | #1,226 | 80 |
| 1962 | #1,024 | 110 |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 |
| 1960 | #885 | 139 |
| 1959 | #1,001 | 111 |
| 1958 | #892 | 131 |
| 1957 | #805 | 158 |
| 1956 | #736 | 172 |
| 1955 | #788 | 148 |
| 1954 | #739 | 156 |
| 1953 | #607 | 214 |
| 1952 | #574 | 228 |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 |
| 1950 | #755 | 131 |
| 1949 | #903 | 96 |
| 1948 | #914 | 90 |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 |
| 1945 | #1,175 | 45 |
| 1944 | #988 | 62 |
| 1943 | #884 | 78 |
| 1942 | #631 | 142 |
| 1941 | #809 | 80 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 |
| 1937 | #929 | 55 |
| 1936 | #901 | 57 |
| 1935 | #866 | 63 |
| 1934 | #948 | 53 |
| 1933 | #923 | 54 |
| 1932 | #979 | 52 |
| 1931 | #953 | 53 |
| 1930 | #916 | 63 |
| 1929 | #994 | 53 |
| 1928 | #967 | 59 |
| 1927 | #1,127 | 46 |
| 1926 | #836 | 77 |
| 1925 | #1,074 | 50 |
| 1924 | #893 | 71 |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 |
| 1922 | #949 | 61 |
| 1921 | #946 | 61 |
| 1920 | #914 | 63 |
| 1919 | #875 | 64 |
| 1918 | #848 | 72 |
| 1917 | #879 | 62 |
| 1916 | #840 | 65 |
| 1915 | #917 | 52 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #748 | 49 |
| 1912 | #868 | 33 |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 |
| 1910 | #781 | 30 |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 |
| 1908 | #849 | 21 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 |
| 1904 | #805 | 20 |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 |
| 1902 | #734 | 22 |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 |
| 1899 | #629 | 24 |
| 1898 | #610 | 28 |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 |
| 1895 | #815 | 15 |
| 1894 | #643 | 21 |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 |
| 1892 | #638 | 20 |
| 1891 | #483 | 28 |
| 1890 | #578 | 20 |
| 1889 | #567 | 20 |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 |
| 1887 | #608 | 14 |
| 1886 | #572 | 15 |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 |
| 1882 | #596 | 10 |
| 1881 | #539 | 10 |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 |
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.
Where Delilah is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New Mexico#175 · 1 in 801
- Texas#443 · 1 in 2,899
- New Jersey#452 · 1 in 3,368
- Illinois#465 · 1 in 3,476
- New York#519 · 1 in 3,818
Best ever in a state: #17 in Nevada, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #175 | 12 | 1 in 801 |
| Texas | #443 | 46 | 1 in 2,899 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 12 | 1 in 3,368 |
| Illinois | #465 | 21 | 1 in 3,476 |
| New York | #519 | 28 | 1 in 3,818 |
| Arizona | #572 | 6 | 1 in 3,833 |
| Missouri | #631 | 5 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Florida | #647 | 12 | 1 in 5,438 |
| North Carolina | #664 | 6 | 1 in 5,926 |
| California | #691 | 37 | 1 in 5,466 |
| Pennsylvania | #829 | 7 | 1 in 9,877 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 138 | #501 (1884) | #571 |
| 1890s | 209 | #483 (1891) | #660 |
| 1900s | 195 | #734 (1902) | #850 |
| 1910s | 501 | #748 (1913) | #846 |
| 1920s | 605 | #836 (1926) | #961 |
| 1930s | 539 | #866 (1935) | #958 |
| 1940s | 740 | #631 (1942) | #986 |
| 1950s | 1,633 | #574 (1952) | #754 |
| 1960s | 802 | #885 (1960) | #1,303 |
| 1970s | 1,477 | #804 (1979) | #913 |
| 1980s | 1,895 | #677 (1983) | #885 |
| 1990s | 1,822 | #649 (1999) | #1,091 |
| 2000s | 7,610 | #190 (2009) | #506 |
| 2010s | 25,018 | #88 (2019) | #129 |
| 2020s | 23,499 | #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 1985
girls
#732
236 births · 1 in 7,292 girls
Top girls' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 7,292 of them was named Delilah, which outranked 94.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).