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
#294
1931 · 354 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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 1928

girls
#4,725
5 births · 1 in 230,664 girls
boys
#304
332 births · 1 in 3,336 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #4,725Delmar5

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #304Delmar332
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 230,664 of them was named Delmar, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmar
  1. #4,195Zell6
  2. #4,195Zellie6
  3. #4,195Zelta6
  4. #4,725Delmar5
  5. #4,725Adamae5
  6. #4,725Adelma5
  7. #4,725Adlena5

Tied with 715 names at #4,725; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,165Jeanine#3,053 → #888
  2. ↑ 1,368Joline#2,256 → #888
  3. ↑ 1,101Lorelei#2,095 → #994
  4. ↑ 1,063Jeannine#1,384 → #321
  5. ↑ 859Romona#1,456 → #597
Fallers
  1. ↓ 860Valencia#924 → #1,784
  2. ↓ 547Kazuko#955 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 386Matilde#924 → #1,310
  4. ↓ 368Glendora#747 → #1,115
  5. ↓ 366Hilma#924 → #1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 3,336 of them was named Delmar, which outranked 93.6% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delmar
  1. #301Adolph341
  2. #302Jasper336
  3. #303Alfonso335
  4. #304Delmar332
  5. #305Sammie331
  6. #306Elton330
  7. #307Carmen329
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,009Fidencio#1,959 → #950
  2. ↑ 766Hoover#1,128 → #362
  3. ↑ 700Reyes#1,692 → #992
  4. ↑ 441Arlen#1,227 → #786
  5. ↑ 392Arland#1,372 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,975Shoji#722 → #3,697
  2. ↓ 529Alvan#951 → #1,480
  3. ↓ 418Watson#964 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 412Judge#911 → #1,323
  5. ↓ 363Donato#990 → #1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928 →