Delphine

#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · Last seen for boys in 1933 at #3,642
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1930 · 242 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,448
since 1880

Delphine over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #427, 1930girls
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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#3,57742
2024#3,63942
2023#3,58543
2022#3,17151
2021#3,67841
2020#3,54642
2019#3,55243
2018#3,24549
2017#3,55243
2016#3,41146
2015#2,89060
2014#4,17835
2013#4,07636
2012#4,21635
2011#5,20726
2010#5,60224
2009#4,67731
2008#7,07318
2007#10,12911
2006#6,35620
2005#8,88312
2004#6,76817
2003#6,57617
2002#12,1877
2001#9,35110
2000#8,53411
1999#9,4799
1998#8,01611
1997#6,48314
1996#10,5677
1995#6,25714
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#6,65213
1991#9,3368
1990#11,4096
1989#5,28616
1988#8,3918
1987#4,85716
1986#6,15611
1985#6,03111
1984#5,53912
1983#5,82411
1982#4,16718
1981#4,74615
1980#3,50623
1979#3,33324
1978#3,51221
1977#3,26723
1976#3,00224
1975#2,45632
1974#2,17237
1973#1,97941
1972#2,05738
1971#1,59459
1970#1,93144
1969#1,87144
1968#1,59452
1967#1,50655
1966#1,47456
1965#1,14586
1964#1,051106
1963#1,13992
1962#904136
1961#805169
1960#733191
1959#628251
1958#520348
1957#887132
1956#799154
1955#890120
1954#793140
1953#787136
1952#726150
1951#737141
1950#869104
1949#94888
1948#89095
1947#97981
1946#86791
1945#79989
1944#762100
1943#710117
1942#708111
1941#655117
1940#645116
1939#599126
1938#586138
1937#565144
1936#511163
1935#504160
1934#491170
1933#478180#3,6425
1932#483187
1931#435220
1930#427242#4,0015
1929#437226#3,2477
1928#433242
1927#452237
1926#489203
1925#490204
1924#466223
1923#491199
1922#523180
1921#488201
1920#559165
1919#569147#3,7366
1918#632125
1917#598130#3,9815
1916#573137
1915#586123
1914#540107#3,2645
1913#63766
1912#55577
1911#56457
1910#57052
1909#64437
1908#67832
1907#69430
1906#66130
1905#68327
1904#65328
1903#76020
1902#64826
1901#69921
1900#57636
1899#90613
1898#75020
1897#73518
1896#79017
1895#89313
1894#64321
1893#73916
1892#72616
1891#89310
1890#64217
1889#75712
1888#69014
1887#66112
1886#69311
1885#1,0475
1884#7319
1883#49915
1882#59610
1881#5829
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Delphine was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Delphine
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 62 spots since 2024 (#3,639#3,577)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#3,546#3,577)
  • 687 spots since 2015 (#2,890#3,577)
  • Biggest jump: 367 spots in 1958 (#887#520)
  • Biggest drop: 316 spots in 1885 (#731#1,047)
Rise & fade · girls
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1930 at #427 (242 births)
  • Births halved by 1940, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 82 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 82 yrs · run 1886–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,653
  • Highest: 1 in 4,653 girls born in 1930 were named Delphine (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.9% of all girls named Delphine (2,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s102#499 (1883)#709
1890s161#642 (1890)#772
1900s287#576 (1900)#670
1910s1,021#540 (1914)#582
1920s2,080#433 (1928)#483
1930s1,730#427 (1930)#508
1940s1,005#645 (1940)#796
1950s1,676#520 (1958)#764
1960s987#733 (1960)#1,222
1970s343#1,594 (1971)#2,530
1980s141#3,506 (1980)#5,450
1990s103#6,257 (1995)#8,382
2000s154#4,677 (2009)#8,053
2010s397#2,890 (2015)#3,993
2020s261#3,171 (2022)#3,533

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.

Delphine in 1929

girls
#437
226 births · 1 in 4,941 girls
boys
#3,247
7 births · 1 in 153,659 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #437Delphine226

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #3,247Delphine7
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 4,941 of them was named Delphine, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delphine
  1. #434Berniece229
  2. #434Dorris229
  3. #434Johanna229
  4. #437Delphine226
  5. #437Janis226
  6. #437Philomena226
  7. #440Merle224
  8. #441Dawn223
  9. #442Jaunita222

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 153,659 of them was named Delphine, which outranked 28.6% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delphine
  1. #2,980Wilgus8
  2. #2,980Wilmon8
  3. #2,980Wolfgang8
  4. #3,247Delphine7
  5. #3,247Abelino7
  6. #3,247Adelmo7
  7. #3,247Admiral7
  8. #3,559Abdon6
  9. #3,559Achilles6
  10. #3,559Addis6

Tied with 311 names at #3,247; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929