Delora

Last seen for girls in 2021 at #13,464

Peak · girls
#923
1917 · 56 births
Debut · girls
1887
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,812
since 1887

Delora over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Delora has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #923, 1917girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
2024—
2023—
2022—
2021#13,4646
2020—
2019—
2018—
2017—
2016—
2015—
2014—
2013—
2012#12,1998
2011—
2010—
2009—
2008—
2007#15,4916
2006—
2005—
2004—
2003—
2002—
2001#10,1029
2000#13,1546
1999—
1998—
1997#13,7245
1996#6,72313
1995#13,3865
1994#11,7786
1993#10,5887
1992#8,06510
1991#8,5889
1990#4,86819
1989#6,16013
1988#6,27712
1987#8,7787
1986#6,15611
1985#9,3076
1984#4,73715
1983#4,47616
1982#5,53412
1981#3,43624
1980#4,74315
1979#3,54122
1978#5,95810
1977#3,48621
1976#3,18822
1975#2,51631
1974#3,55818
1973#3,23320
1972#2,17335
1971#2,66527
1970#2,16037
1969#2,29631
1968#2,63023
1967#2,43225
1966#2,19129
1965#1,74142
1964#1,68647
1963#2,13131
1962#2,11331
1961#1,66646
1960#1,67345
1959#1,69542
1958#1,73339
1957#1,90433
1956#1,48051
1955#1,57942
1954#1,73935
1953#1,70734
1952#1,50541
1951#1,38346
1950#1,41142
1949#1,39344
1948#1,49938
1947#1,29050
1946#1,55932
1945#1,82521
1944#1,36435
1943#1,52730
1942#1,43832
1941#1,20639
1940#1,37430
1939#1,13241
1938#1,14040
1937#1,23434
1936#97949
1935#96551
1934#98149
1933#1,06243
1932#1,05645
1931#1,04345
1930#1,01952
1929#95956
1928#1,17942
1927#1,26139
1926#1,14844
1925#1,22540
1924#1,20643
1923#1,17443
1922#1,16843
1921#1,16843
1920#1,37533
1919#1,05747
1918#1,27735
1917#92356
1916#1,14738
1915#1,36727
1914#1,34422
1913#1,40517
1912#1,84410
1911#1,7928
1910#1,9357
1909#1,6078
1908#2,1015
1907#2,0615
1906#1,04313
1905#1,09312
1904#1,6596
1903—
1902#1,7935
1901#1,4666
1900—
1899—
1898#1,7005
1897#1,5555
1896—
1895—
1894#1,4855
1893—
1892—
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888—
1887#1,0366
1886—
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882—
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1887

The first year at least five girls were named Delora! It came in at #1,036, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1888–1900, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Delora
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
  • Biggest jump: 224 spots in 1917 (#1,147 → #923)
  • Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1918 (#923 → #1,277)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1917 at #923 (56 births)
  • Births halved by 1945, 28 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1934–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 19,308
  • Highest: 1 in 19,308 girls born in 1917 were named Delora (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,477 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 16.0% of all girls named Delora (449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,036 (1887)#1,036
1890s15#1,485 (1894)#1,580
1900s60#1,043 (1906)#1,603
1910s267#923 (1917)#1,409
1920s426#959 (1929)#1,186
1930s449#965 (1935)#1,061
1940s351#1,206 (1941)#1,448
1950s405#1,383 (1951)#1,614
1960s350#1,666 (1961)#2,056
1970s243#2,160 (1970)#3,248
1980s131#3,436 (1981)#5,960
1990s74#4,868 (1990)#9,715
2000s21#10,102 (2001)#12,916
2010s8#12,199 (2012)#12,199
2020s6#13,464 (2021)#13,464

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.

Delora in 1939

girls
#1,132
41 births · 1 in 26,747 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #1,132Delora41
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 26,747 of them was named Delora, which outranked 77.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delora
  1. #1,102Vernita42
  2. #1,102Versie42
  3. #1,102Viva42
  4. #1,132Delora41
  5. #1,132Arletta41
  6. #1,132Belinda41
  7. #1,132Delilah41
  8. #1,149Collette40
  9. #1,149Elvia40
  10. #1,149Eugene40

Tied with 16 names at #1,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →