Delois

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #11,385 · Last seen for boys in 1945 at #2,996
Given to girls 98.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1948 · 321 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,500
since 1912

Delois over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Delois has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #445, 1948girls
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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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1999#11,3857
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1995#13,3865
1994#11,7786
1993#9,5598
1992#8,7349
1991#11,5096
1990
1989#7,44910
1988#9,2447
1987#7,3539
1986#6,61210
1985#6,03111
1984#6,8109
1983#4,47616
1982#6,37110
1981#6,32310
1980
1979#5,75111
1978#4,24216
1977#3,76119
1976#4,90512
1975#3,25921
1974#2,92224
1973#3,34219
1972#2,82024
1971#2,59928
1970#1,93144
1969#1,80946
1968#1,43562
1967#1,47857
1966#1,17882
1965#1,13587
1964#1,15391
1963#920131
1962#1,008113
1961#937132
1960#842151
1959#829153
1958#780164
1957#619253
1956#614242
1955#592241
1954#588236
1953#552250
1952#499283
1951#499270
1950#508254
1949#481278
1948#445321
1947#482290
1946#467282
1945#469233#2,9966
1944#461242
1943#496225
1942#503217#2,9407
1941#474218
1940#502189#3,4595
1939#522163#3,4805
1938#489184#2,8687
1937#477189
1936#492173#2,8547
1935#504160#2,5299
1934#482175
1933#558131#3,0047
1932#559137#3,3616
1931#631110#3,3906
1930#641117
1929#77980#3,5596
1928#75090#3,6976
1927#82479
1926#75791
1925#80085
1924#1,12348#4,3475
1923#1,11147#3,1758
1922#1,02254
1921#1,47631#2,9869
1920#1,13244
1919#1,13342#3,3917
1918#1,23437
1917#1,77320#3,9815
1916#1,80519#3,8975
1915#1,80018#3,3926
1914#2,00912
1913#1,67013
1912#2,3607
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Delois! It came in at #2,360, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Delois is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedWVVirginia: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,551 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedKSArkansas: #338 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,174 girlsARTennessee: #415 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,159 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #501 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,624 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #426 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,694 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedLAMississippi: #359 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,893 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedHITexas: #810 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,817 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Delois, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#338 · 1 in 2,174
  2. Mississippi#359 · 1 in 2,893
  3. Tennessee#415 · 1 in 4,159
  4. Oklahoma#426 · 1 in 3,694
  5. Virginia#435 · 1 in 5,551

Best ever in a state: #115 in Arkansas, 1952.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#338101 in 2,174
Mississippi#35981 in 2,893
Tennessee#41571 in 4,159
Oklahoma#42671 in 3,694
Virginia#43551 in 5,551
North Carolina#50161 in 6,624
Texas#81071 in 8,817
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Delois
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1999
  • Biggest jump: 323 spots in 1925 (#1,123#800)
  • Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1964 (#920#1,153)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1948 at #445 (321 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 38 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1925–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,289
  • Highest: 1 in 5,289 girls born in 1948 were named Delois (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 253,403 girls born in 1999 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 29.4% of all girls named Delois (2,495) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s168#1,133 (1919)#1,723
1920s649#750 (1928)#977
1930s1,539#477 (1937)#536
1940s2,495#445 (1948)#478
1950s2,346#499 (1952)#608
1960s952#842 (1960)#1,190
1970s218#1,931 (1970)#3,553
1980s92#4,476 (1983)#6,741
1990s41#8,734 (1992)#11,059

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.

Delois in 1925

girls
#800
85 births · 1 in 14,322 girls

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #800Delois85
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 14,322 of them was named Delois, which outranked 86.1% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delois
  1. #794Martina86
  2. #794Rosanna86
  3. #794Sharon86
  4. #800Delois85
  5. #800Bernardine85
  6. #800Kattie85
  7. #800Mafalda85
  8. #806Augustine84
  9. #806Dale84
  10. #806Ernestina84

Tied with 5 names at #800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. 605Nanette#1,475#870
  2. 417Paulina#1,258#841
  3. 353Estela#1,258#905
  4. 323Delois#1,123#800
  5. 313Veola#1,301#988
Fallers
  1. 610Kathlyn#999#1,609
  2. 396Izetta#951#1,347
  3. 355Loma#941#1,296
  4. 345Phylis#880#1,225
  5. 309Eris#728#1,037

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

See the top 100 for 1925