Delmar

Last seen for girls in 1957 at #4,918 · #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1931 · 354 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,242
since 1880

Delmar over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Delmar has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #294, 1931boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#4,70121
2023#3,88328
2022#6,14714
2021#4,49422
2020#4,27523
2019#4,80620
2018#4,35423
2017#5,11118
2016#3,88327
2015#5,74615
2014#4,13824
2013#3,40531
2012#4,86219
2011#4,11024
2010#4,24123
2009#4,03525
2008#4,14524
2007#3,68728
2006#5,30316
2005#4,63118
2004#3,63625
2003#3,83822
2002#4,91915
2001#4,30218
2000#3,07528
1999#3,27924
1998#3,09225
1997#2,61330
1996#3,10723
1995#2,84725
1994#2,61828
1993#2,39931
1992#2,46729
1991#2,14334
1990#1,80943
1989#1,99336
1988#2,03531
1987#1,82935
1986#1,69437
1985#1,61439
1984#1,97927
1983#1,49041
1982#1,77432
1981#1,27052
1980#1,39146
1979#1,30450
1978#1,21454
1977#1,18755
1976#1,23849
1975#98469
1974#1,13552
1973#97169
1972#1,09855
1971#1,03462
1970#89880
1969#94466
1968#86969
1967#82775
1966#89565
1965#83777
1964#86777
1963#753106
1962#79392
1961#79791
1960#748106
1959#742106
1958#78690
1957#4,9187#660134
1956#673126
1955#5,8285#656125
1954#597154
1953#5,6735#601145
1952#599138
1951#540158
1950#558147
1949#555146
1948#507170
1947#455217
1946#4,9605#475183
1945#493149
1944#468169
1943#423215
1942#418217
1941#374239
1940#379227
1939#3,4297#337275
1938#345263
1937#4,2555#338259
1936#304305
1935#318289
1934#312303
1933#3,7536#304310
1932#4,4115#314304
1931#294354
1930#312332
1929#318300
1928#4,7255#304332
1927#3,8757#307353
1926#3,5648#321314
1925#314328
1924#3,3939#341292
1923#3,9717#330313
1922#328310
1921#4,4646#321330
1920#3,9577#315335
1919#4,2516#322302
1918#340285
1917#329274
1916#3,9196#364223
1915#2,68810#375205
1914#376159
1913#2,5407#409111
1912#2,6346#372107
1911#38953
1910#2,3985#50131
1909#31155
1908#45229
1907#35139
1906#47222
1905#54918
1904#49219
1903#43022
1902#53616
1901#53614
1900#83610
1899#9286
1898#63512
1897#51515
1896#7789
1895#49117
1894#9546
1893
1892#8617
1891
1890#9945
1889#9745
1888#64810
1887#7527
1886#9595
1885#8366
1884#8486
1883#8925
1882#7547
1881#8665
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delmar was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1891, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Delmar
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,160 spots since 2024 (#4,701#5,861)
  • 1,586 spots since 2020 (#4,275#5,861)
  • 115 spots since 2015 (#5,746#5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 463 spots in 1895 (#954#491)
  • Biggest drop: 326 spots in 1889 (#648#974)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1931 at #294 (354 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 91 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1894–1970
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,937
  • Highest: 1 in 2,937 boys born in 1931 were named Delmar (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 22.5% of all boys named Delmar (3,207) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s62#648 (1888)#834
1890s77#491 (1895)#770
1900s244#311 (1909)#497
1910s1,750#322 (1919)#378
1920s3,207#304 (1928)#320
1930s2,994#294 (1931)#318
1940s1,932#374 (1941)#455
1950s1,323#540 (1951)#641
1960s824#748 (1960)#833
1970s595#898 (1970)#1,106
1980s376#1,270 (1981)#1,707
1990s292#1,809 (1990)#2,637
2000s219#3,075 (2000)#4,157
2010s224#3,405 (2013)#4,466
2020s123#3,883 (2023)#4,894

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Delmar in 1923

girls
#3,971
7 births · 1 in 172,338 girls
boys
#330
313 births · 1 in 3,502 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #3,971Delmar7

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #330Delmar313
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 172,338 of them was named Delmar, which outranked 30.8% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmar
  1. #3,641Zara8
  2. #3,641Zoila8
  3. #3,641Zulema8
  4. #3,971Delmar7
  5. #3,971Adam7
  6. #3,971Adelaine7
  7. #3,971Adgie7
  8. #4,376Aberdeen6
  9. #4,376Acie6
  10. #4,376Adalyn6

Tied with 404 names at #3,971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 3,502 of them was named Delmar, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmar
  1. #327Alonzo319
  2. #328Cleo314
  3. #328Solomon314
  4. #330Delmar313
  5. #331Clement311
  6. #332Jean307
  7. #333Elvin304
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923