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

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Peak · girls
1882 · 7 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
634
since 1882

Dellie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Dellie has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #740, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1963#5,8916
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1958#5,4086
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1955#5,8285
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1953#5,6735
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1951#4,3857
1950#5,3015
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1948#4,2057
1947#3,24011
1946#4,4176
1945
1944#3,6877#3,1096
1943#4,1966
1942#4,6225
1941
1940#3,8636
1939#4,2505
1938#3,1818
1937
1936#4,1815
1935#3,1568
1934#3,8026
1933#2,40412
1932#3,2748
1931#2,42712
1930#2,84510
1929#2,43713
1928#1,96119
1927#2,16917
1926#2,87211
1925#3,11610
1924#3,14410
1923#4,3766#4,2395
1922#2,61213
1921#3,16410
1920#2,46314
1919#2,64012
1918#2,20916
1917#2,55212
1916#1,86718
1915#1,96416
1914#2,12511
1913#2,03410
1912#1,35216
1911#1,7928
1910#1,42111
1909
1908#2,1015
1907#1,5128
1906#1,5537
1905#1,23810
1904#1,6596
1903#1,2049
1902#81818
1901#88114
1900#1,9325
1899#90613
1898#1,5026
1897#1,03710
1896#1,2927
1895#98611
1894
1893#1,0918
1892#90811
1891#79612
1890#79112
1889#9029
1888#8949
1887#1,0366
1886#7789
1885#1,0475
1884#7938
1883
1882#7407
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

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.

See more about Dellie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #740 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1888–1892
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,671
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 20.5% of all girls named Dellie (130) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s53#740 (1882)#884
1890s90#791 (1890)#1,034
1900s82#818 (1902)#1,433
1910s130#1,352 (1912)#1,996
1920s123#1,961 (1928)#2,831
1930s74#2,404 (1933)#3,280
1940s48#3,240 (1947)#4,033
1950s28#4,385 (1951)#5,319
1960s6#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 1889

girls
#902
9 births · 1 in 19,818 girls

Top girls' names in 1889

  1. #1Mary11,648
  2. #2Anna5,062
  3. #3Elizabeth3,058
  4. #4Margaret2,917
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Minnie2,624
  7. #7Florence2,465
  8. #8Ethel2,463
  9. #9Bessie2,343
  10. #10Clara2,319
  11. #902Dellie9
More about 1889

girls

178,366 girls got a published name in 1889; 1 in 19,818 of them was named Dellie, which outranked 39.0% of the 1,479 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Dellie
  1. #839Verne10
  2. #839Vernon10
  3. #839Zillah10
  4. #902Dellie9
  5. #902Adelina9
  6. #902Albertina9
  7. #902Alverda9
  8. #950Abby8
  9. #950Aggie8
  10. #950Alphonsine8

Tied with 47 names at #902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. 635Hellen#1,276#641
  2. 569Diana#1,136#567
  3. 536Hope#1,136#600
  4. 519Adelle#1,276#757
  5. 519Ova#1,276#757
Fallers
  1. 667Zilpha#612#1,279
  2. 643Lular#636#1,279
  3. 616Dagmar#663#1,279
  4. 589Savanah#690#1,279
  5. 555Harry#724#1,279

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

See the top 100 for 1889