Della
#563 for girls in 2025, 533 births · Last seen for boys in 1941 at #2,872
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 428 births
- Debut · girls
- 391 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 24 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 70,810since 1880
Della over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #563 | 533 | — | |
| 2024 | #579 | 520 | — | |
| 2023 | #645 | 453 | — | |
| 2022 | #660 | 449 | — | |
| 2021 | #710 | 405 | — | |
| 2020 | #915 | 284 | — | |
| 2019 | #808 | 339 | — | |
| 2018 | #864 | 314 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,027 | 252 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,051 | 248 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,155 | 218 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,248 | 194 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,399 | 164 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,346 | 174 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,722 | 120 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,621 | 133 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,848 | 115 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,462 | 77 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,206 | 87 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,296 | 78 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,309 | 75 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,413 | 68 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,070 | 45 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,737 | 50 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,301 | 37 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,874 | 42 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,398 | 54 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,295 | 57 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,533 | 49 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,239 | 59 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,258 | 56 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,717 | 79 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,911 | 64 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,860 | 62 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,484 | 84 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,882 | 59 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,328 | 90 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,308 | 96 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,294 | 98 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,216 | 108 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,154 | 115 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,096 | 119 | — | |
| 1977 | #832 | 180 | — | |
| 1976 | #908 | 145 | — | |
| 1975 | #823 | 165 | — | |
| 1974 | #815 | 165 | — | |
| 1973 | #774 | 173 | — | |
| 1972 | #708 | 204 | — | |
| 1971 | #656 | 247 | — | |
| 1970 | #599 | 291 | — | |
| 1969 | #579 | 291 | — | |
| 1968 | #529 | 324 | — | |
| 1967 | #522 | 326 | — | |
| 1966 | #487 | 369 | — | |
| 1965 | #481 | 389 | — | |
| 1964 | #453 | 469 | — | |
| 1963 | #418 | 535 | — | |
| 1962 | #427 | 520 | — | |
| 1961 | #389 | 615 | — | |
| 1960 | #353 | 745 | — | |
| 1959 | #366 | 676 | — | |
| 1958 | #359 | 663 | — | |
| 1957 | #393 | 538 | — | |
| 1956 | #383 | 542 | — | |
| 1955 | #359 | 590 | — | |
| 1954 | #354 | 591 | — | |
| 1953 | #362 | 550 | — | |
| 1952 | #334 | 614 | — | |
| 1951 | #308 | 654 | — | |
| 1950 | #312 | 620 | — | |
| 1949 | #324 | 574 | — | |
| 1948 | #310 | 611 | — | |
| 1947 | #286 | 732 | — | |
| 1946 | #305 | 588 | — | |
| 1945 | #297 | 532 | — | |
| 1944 | #276 | 635 | — | |
| 1943 | #269 | 682 | — | |
| 1942 | #262 | 681 | — | |
| 1941 | #250 | 673 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #248 | 650 | — | |
| 1939 | #238 | 680 | — | |
| 1938 | #223 | 748 | — | |
| 1937 | #213 | 787 | — | |
| 1936 | #225 | 721 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #220 | 774 | — | |
| 1934 | #220 | 796 | — | |
| 1933 | #206 | 850 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #213 | 844 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #210 | 863 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | #207 | 887 | — | |
| 1929 | #211 | 866 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #209 | 897 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #208 | 946 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #196 | 1,009 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #197 | 1,028 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #200 | 1,050 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #192 | 1,125 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #185 | 1,155 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #187 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1920 | #183 | 1,137 | — | |
| 1919 | #175 | 1,190 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #177 | 1,162 | — | |
| 1917 | #168 | 1,192 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #165 | 1,172 | #3,516 | 6 |
| 1915 | #169 | 1,086 | — | |
| 1914 | #165 | 879 | — | |
| 1913 | #151 | 789 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #148 | 733 | — | |
| 1911 | #130 | 645 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #137 | 602 | — | |
| 1909 | #125 | 568 | — | |
| 1908 | #123 | 549 | — | |
| 1907 | #113 | 582 | — | |
| 1906 | #112 | 557 | — | |
| 1905 | #109 | 593 | — | |
| 1904 | #102 | 607 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #96 | 611 | — | |
| 1902 | #96 | 609 | — | |
| 1901 | #100 | 534 | — | |
| 1900 | #90 | 748 | — | |
| 1899 | #91 | 595 | #1,051 | 5 |
| 1898 | #91 | 656 | — | |
| 1897 | #86 | 624 | — | |
| 1896 | #85 | 642 | — | |
| 1895 | #86 | 648 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | #77 | 681 | — | |
| 1893 | #76 | 660 | — | |
| 1892 | #76 | 666 | — | |
| 1891 | #74 | 607 | — | |
| 1890 | #72 | 631 | — | |
| 1889 | #72 | 606 | — | |
| 1888 | #71 | 621 | #917 | 6 |
| 1887 | #74 | 496 | — | |
| 1886 | #67 | 565 | — | |
| 1885 | #71 | 500 | — | |
| 1884 | #65 | 541 | — | |
| 1883 | #66 | 453 | — | |
| 1882 | #66 | 447 | — | |
| 1881 | #60 | 428 | — | |
| 1880 | #66 | 391 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Della was already there! It came in at #66, and was given to 391 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995–2001, when fewer than 55 girls a year got the name.
See more about Della
- 16 spots since 2024 (#579 → #563)
- 352 spots since 2020 (#915 → #563)
- 592 spots since 2015 (#1,155 → #563)
- Biggest jump: 205 spots in 2021 (#915 → #710)
- Biggest drop: 264 spots in 1978 (#832 → #1,096)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1881 at #60 (428 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 91 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 24 yrs · run 1880–1903
- Top 1,000: 106 yrs · run 1880–1977
- Highest: 1 in 215 girls born in 1881 were named Della (0.47%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,016 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 14.6% of all girls named Della (10,366) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5,048 | #60 (1881) | #68 |
| 1890s | 6,410 | #72 (1890) | #81 |
| 1900s | 5,958 | #90 (1900) | #107 |
| 1910s | 9,450 | #130 (1911) | #159 |
| 1920s | 10,366 | #183 (1920) | #197 |
| 1930s | 7,950 | #206 (1933) | #218 |
| 1940s | 6,358 | #248 (1940) | #283 |
| 1950s | 6,038 | #308 (1951) | #353 |
| 1960s | 4,583 | #353 (1960) | #464 |
| 1970s | 1,804 | #599 (1970) | #837 |
| 1980s | 814 | #1,216 (1980) | #1,554 |
| 1990s | 512 | #2,239 (1992) | #2,538 |
| 2000s | 719 | #1,848 (2009) | #2,496 |
| 2010s | 2,156 | #808 (2019) | #1,224 |
| 2020s | 2,644 | #563 (2025) | #679 |
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.
Della in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
Top boys' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 1,289 of them was named Della, which outranked 96.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 179,269 of them was named Della, which outranked 21.7% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,247Yates7
- #3,247Ysidoro7
- #3,247Zeke7
- #3,559Della6
- #3,559Abdon6
- #3,559Achilles6
- #3,559Addis6
- #3,959Adolphe5
- #3,959Adren5
- #3,959Agustine5
Tied with 399 names at #3,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.