Delos

Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022

Peak · boys
1890 · 9 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,324
since 1880

Delos over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Delos has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201895peak #667, 1890boys
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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
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020#12,0225
2019
2018
2017#10,7756
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#7,1786
1989
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980#5,5256
1979
1978
1977
1976#4,0128
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970#4,2306
1969#3,0629
1968
1967#3,2317
1966
1965
1964#3,0508
1963#4,0485
1962
1961#2,53811
1960#2,68510
1959#2,03316
1958#2,64210
1957#2,37512
1956#2,62810
1955#2,04815
1954#2,7439
1953#2,28712
1952#2,15313
1951#2,8448
1950#2,43810
1949#2,33711
1948#2,21812
1947#3,0967
1946#1,50922
1945#1,92613
1944#1,98813
1943#1,83316
1942#1,86715
1941#1,53220
1940#1,80215
1939#1,63617
1938#1,39723
1937#1,44422
1936#1,50520
1935#1,32626
1934#1,24129
1933#1,20230
1932#1,11037
1931#1,30228
1930#1,29930
1929#1,15436
1928#1,48025
1927#1,12840
1926#1,24234
1925#1,14438
1924#1,26333
1923#99249
1922#1,07243
1921#1,29632
1920#1,22535
1919#1,04742
1918#1,07940
1917#1,11336
1916#1,05837
1915#1,41023
1914#1,12726
1913#1,07522
1912#1,26814
1911
1910#1,1189
1909
1908#1,2176
1907
1906#1,1116
1905#1,2335
1904#76010
1903
1902
1901#1,0585
1900
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#9826
1895#7958
1894
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890#6679
1889
1888
1887#8196
1886
1885
1884#9715
1883#7996
1882#8376
1881
1880#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delos was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Delos
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
  • Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1897 (#982#852)
  • Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1905 (#760#1,233)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1882–1884
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,336
  • Highest: 1 in 12,336 boys born in 1890 were named Delos (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 345,215 boys born in 2020 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 27.6% of all boys named Delos (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s30#745 (1880)#834
1890s35#667 (1890)#852
1900s32#760 (1904)#1,076
1910s249#1,047 (1919)#1,144
1920s365#992 (1923)#1,200
1930s262#1,110 (1932)#1,346
1940s144#1,509 (1946)#2,011
1950s115#2,033 (1959)#2,419
1960s50#2,538 (1961)#3,102
1970s14#4,012 (1976)#4,121
1980s11#5,525 (1980)#6,123
1990s6#7,178 (1990)#7,178
2000s0
2010s6#10,775 (2017)#10,775
2020s5#12,022 (2020)#12,022

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.

Delos in 1895

boys
#795
8 births · 1 in 14,674 boys

Top boys' names in 1895

  1. #1John8,320
  2. #2William7,277
  3. #3James5,335
  4. #4George4,289
  5. #5Charles3,633
  6. #6Frank3,012
  7. #7Joseph2,992
  8. #8Robert2,635
  9. #9Henry2,221
  10. #10Edward2,203
  11. #795Delos8
More about 1895

boys

117,393 boys got a published name in 1895; 1 in 14,674 of them was named Delos, which outranked 35.9% of the 1,241 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delos
  1. #738Waverly9
  2. #738Wilburn9
  3. #738Wilton9
  4. #795Delos8
  5. #795Alden8
  6. #795Alice8
  7. #795Allison8
  8. #872Addie7
  9. #872Adelbert7
  10. #872Alford7

Tied with 76 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1894
Risers
  1. 573Alma#1,074#501
  2. 463Delmar#954#491
  3. 453Connie#954#501
  4. 434Bradford#1,074#640
  5. 434Brady#1,074#640
Fallers
  1. 536Beverly#543#1,079
  2. 512Boss#567#1,079
  3. 498Verner#480#978
  4. 457Abel#521#978
  5. 457Justin#521#978

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

See the top 100 for 1895