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
Showing
- 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
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | 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 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1884
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.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
23 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1907 at #448 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 66 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 68 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 68 yrs · run 1893–1951
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,978
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 20.6% of all girls named Delma (1,745) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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 1970
girls
#1,637
57 births · 1 in 30,669 girls
Top girls' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 30,669 of them was named Delma, which outranked 82.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Delma
- #1,619Shirlene58
- #1,619Tonie58
- #1,619Yulanda58
- #1,637Delma57
- #1,637Arlinda57
- #1,637Gigi57
- #1,637Honey57
- #1,653Ayesha56
- #1,653Caron56
- #1,653Chimene56
Tied with 15 names at #1,637; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.