Dellie
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,891 · Last seen for boys in 1944 at #3,109
Given to girls 98.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1882 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 634since 1882
Dellie over time
Rank among girls' names. Dellie has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,240 | 11 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,802 | 6 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,274 | 8 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,961 | 19 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | — | |
| 1919 | #2,640 | 12 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,964 | 16 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,352 | 16 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #818 | 18 | — | |
| 1901 | #881 | 14 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #986 | 11 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 | — | |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | — | |
| 1890 | #791 | 12 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 | — | |
| 1887 | #1,036 | 6 | — | |
| 1886 | #778 | 9 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Dellie! It came in at #740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Dellie is popular in 1888
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Dellie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Biggest jump: 1,051 spots in 1901 (#1,932 → #881)
- Biggest drop: 1,026 spots in 1900 (#906 → #1,932)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1888–1892
- Highest: 1 in 14,671 girls born in 1902 were named Dellie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,251 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #740 in 1882, was only 1 in 15,407 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.5% of all girls named Dellie (130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | #740 (1882) | #884 |
| 1890s | 90 | #791 (1890) | #1,034 |
| 1900s | 82 | #818 (1902) | #1,433 |
| 1910s | 130 | #1,352 (1912) | #1,996 |
| 1920s | 123 | #1,961 (1928) | #2,831 |
| 1930s | 74 | #2,404 (1933) | #3,280 |
| 1940s | 48 | #3,240 (1947) | #4,033 |
| 1950s | 28 | #4,385 (1951) | #5,319 |
| 1960s | 6 | #5,891 (1963) | #5,891 |
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.
Dellie in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
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178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 19,847 of them was named Dellie, which outranked 39.3% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #837Verona10
- #837Vira10
- #837Zelia10
- #894Dellie9
- #894Abby9
- #894Aletha9
- #894Alverta9
- #959Adline8
- #959Agness8
- #959Aida8
Tied with 64 names at #894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.