Delta
#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,368since 1883
Delta over time
Rank among girls' names. Delta has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,265 | 82 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,704 | 119 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,569 | 136 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,127 | 99 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | — | |
| 1934 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 | — | |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 | — | |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,010 | 51 | — | |
| 1918 | #989 | 53 | — | |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #789 | 74 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #856 | 58 | — | |
| 1914 | #850 | 48 | — | |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 | — | |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 | — | |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | — | |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 | — | |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Delta! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
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- 61 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #2,326)
- 622 spots since 2020 (#1,704 → #2,326)
- 1,516 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1908 (#1,142 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1890 (#802 → #1,210)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1893 at #713 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 74 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1908–1918
- Highest: 1 in 11,972 girls born in 1904 were named Delta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #713 in 1893, was only 1 in 12,524 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.7% of all girls named Delta (554) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #724 (1888) | #831 |
| 1890s | 131 | #713 (1893) | #908 |
| 1900s | 192 | #727 (1904) | #862 |
| 1910s | 462 | #763 (1912) | #887 |
| 1920s | 488 | #969 (1922) | #1,091 |
| 1930s | 389 | #993 (1934) | #1,165 |
| 1940s | 283 | #1,313 (1940) | #1,625 |
| 1950s | 298 | #1,641 (1952) | #1,940 |
| 1960s | 195 | #2,197 (1961) | #3,259 |
| 1970s | 410 | #1,127 (1973) | #2,796 |
| 1980s | 184 | #3,690 (1988) | #4,335 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,909 (1990) | #6,371 |
| 2000s | 115 | #6,245 (2005) | #10,326 |
| 2010s | 460 | #1,569 (2019) | #5,793 |
| 2020s | 554 | #1,704 (2020) | #2,122 |
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.
Delta in 1908
Top girls' names in 1908
Top boys' names in 1908
More about 1908
girls
334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 12,382 of them was named Delta, which outranked 69.5% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #729Rosalia28
- #729Rosanna28
- #729Valerie28
- #742Delta27
- #742Alida27
- #742Alverta27
- #742Carmel27
- #755Albertine26
- #755Annetta26
- #755Berneice26
Tied with 12 names at #742; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 30,867 of them was named Delta, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 211 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.