Delos
Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
- Peak · boys
- 1890 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,324since 1880
Delos over time
Rank among boys' names. Delos has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 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 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #2,033 | 16 |
| 1958 | #2,642 | 10 |
| 1957 | #2,375 | 12 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,287 | 12 |
| 1952 | #2,153 | 13 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,438 | 10 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,509 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,505 | 20 |
| 1935 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #1,241 | 29 |
| 1933 | #1,202 | 30 |
| 1932 | #1,110 | 37 |
| 1931 | #1,302 | 28 |
| 1930 | #1,299 | 30 |
| 1929 | #1,154 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,480 | 25 |
| 1927 | #1,128 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,242 | 34 |
| 1925 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,263 | 33 |
| 1923 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #1,072 | 43 |
| 1921 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #1,225 | 35 |
| 1919 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #1,079 | 40 |
| 1917 | #1,113 | 36 |
| 1916 | #1,058 | 37 |
| 1915 | #1,410 | 23 |
| 1914 | #1,127 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,075 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #852 | 7 |
| 1896 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #667 | 9 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #799 | 6 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #745 | 7 |
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.
Where Delos is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Minnesota#327 · 1 in 4,225
- New York#611 · 1 in 19,606
Best ever in a state: #270 in Iowa, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #327 | 5 | 1 in 4,225 |
| New York | #611 | 5 | 1 in 19,606 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Delos
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2020
- Biggest jump: 130 spots in 1897 (#982 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 473 spots in 1905 (#760 → #1,233)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1890 at #667 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1882–1884
- 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%)
- 27.6% of all boys named Delos (365) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 30 | #745 (1880) | #834 |
| 1890s | 35 | #667 (1890) | #852 |
| 1900s | 32 | #760 (1904) | #1,076 |
| 1910s | 249 | #1,047 (1919) | #1,144 |
| 1920s | 365 | #992 (1923) | #1,200 |
| 1930s | 262 | #1,110 (1932) | #1,346 |
| 1940s | 144 | #1,509 (1946) | #2,011 |
| 1950s | 115 | #2,033 (1959) | #2,419 |
| 1960s | 50 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,102 |
| 1970s | 14 | #4,012 (1976) | #4,121 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,123 |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,178 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,775 (2017) | #10,775 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 28,173 of them was named Delos, which outranked 76.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,112Reece41
- #1,112Talmage41
- #1,112Thornton41
- #1,128Delos40
- #1,128Alfonzo40
- #1,128Cliff40
- #1,128Epifanio40
- #1,145Acie39
- #1,145Arch39
- #1,145Berton39
Tied with 16 names at #1,128; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.