Delma
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #5,619
Given to girls 85.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,454since 1884
Delma over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,555 | 22 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #2,572 | 33 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,909 | 27 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,357 | 34 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,349 | 32 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,975 | 41 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,772 | 50 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,591 | 56 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #1,312 | 68 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | #1,229 | 80 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,180 | 86 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #1,158 | 89 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #1,136 | 93 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #1,131 | 92 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #1,079 | 97 | #1,916 | 18 |
| 1958 | #933 | 122 | #2,026 | 16 |
| 1957 | #989 | 110 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #965 | 109 | #2,091 | 15 |
| 1955 | #865 | 126 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #916 | 110 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1953 | #897 | 110 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,004 | 88 | #2,073 | 14 |
| 1951 | #977 | 91 | #1,904 | 16 |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #895 | 97 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #867 | 101 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #854 | 105 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #828 | 100 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 | #1,406 | 22 |
| 1944 | #805 | 90 | #1,483 | 21 |
| 1943 | #745 | 108 | #1,280 | 29 |
| 1942 | #743 | 103 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #678 | 107 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | #626 | 126 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #602 | 125 | #1,359 | 24 |
| 1938 | #609 | 126 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #558 | 146 | #1,031 | 38 |
| 1936 | #525 | 152 | #1,225 | 29 |
| 1935 | #533 | 146 | #980 | 42 |
| 1934 | #519 | 154 | #1,092 | 36 |
| 1933 | #491 | 167 | #1,144 | 33 |
| 1932 | #524 | 156 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #549 | 144 | #1,145 | 35 |
| 1930 | #574 | 141 | #1,399 | 27 |
| 1929 | #532 | 162 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #531 | 172 | #1,078 | 42 |
| 1927 | #534 | 177 | #1,267 | 33 |
| 1926 | #486 | 205 | #1,034 | 45 |
| 1925 | #526 | 183 | #1,534 | 24 |
| 1924 | #522 | 188 | #1,152 | 39 |
| 1923 | #505 | 189 | #1,114 | 41 |
| 1922 | #534 | 174 | #1,046 | 45 |
| 1921 | #591 | 150 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #596 | 145 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #548 | 158 | #1,207 | 34 |
| 1918 | #561 | 160 | #1,112 | 38 |
| 1917 | #557 | 147 | #1,587 | 21 |
| 1916 | #589 | 129 | #1,459 | 23 |
| 1915 | #503 | 152 | #1,306 | 26 |
| 1914 | #478 | 132 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #464 | 116 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #567 | 72 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #501 | 68 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #522 | 61 | #1,314 | 7 |
| 1909 | #522 | 52 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | #493 | 54 | — | |
| 1907 | #448 | 64 | #999 | 8 |
| 1906 | #472 | 52 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #556 | 39 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #688 | 27 | — | |
| 1899 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #754 | 18 | — | |
| 1895 | #788 | 16 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Delma! It came in at #793, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1888, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Delma
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1893 (#1,278 → #955)
- Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1885 (#793 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1907 at #448 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 66 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1893–1951
- Highest: 1 in 4,978 girls born in 1907 were named Delma (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 20.6% of all girls named Delma (1,745) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 36 | #793 (1884) | #937 |
| 1890s | 129 | #697 (1898) | #883 |
| 1900s | 388 | #448 (1907) | #584 |
| 1910s | 1,195 | #464 (1913) | #529 |
| 1920s | 1,745 | #486 (1926) | #536 |
| 1930s | 1,457 | #491 (1933) | #548 |
| 1940s | 1,027 | #626 (1940) | #783 |
| 1950s | 1,057 | #865 (1955) | #954 |
| 1960s | 771 | #1,131 (1960) | #1,276 |
| 1970s | 355 | #1,637 (1970) | #2,439 |
| 1980s | 157 | #3,260 (1982) | #5,274 |
| 1990s | 79 | #6,131 (1990) | #9,680 |
| 2000s | 34 | #10,102 (2001) | #13,644 |
| 2010s | 19 | #12,448 (2019) | #14,108 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
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.
Delma in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 18,224 of them was named Delma, which outranked 85.0% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #913Aurelia95
- #913Magdalena95
- #913Margarett95
- #916Delma94
- #916Aline94
- #916Candis94
- #916Donnie94
- #924Cristina93
- #924Juliann93
- #924Pennie93
Tied with 7 names at #916; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 77,837 of them was named Delma, which outranked 63.3% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Watson24
- #1,499Werner24
- #1,499Winthrop24
- #1,538Delma23
- #1,538Barrie23
- #1,538Berkley23
- #1,538Blane23
- #1,572Alphonzo22
- #1,572Berton22
- #1,572Bohdan22
Tied with 33 names at #1,538; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.