Delvin

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1978 · 186 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,328
since 1914

Delvin over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #612, 1978boys
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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#4,53922
2024#4,20025
2023#3,47433
2022#15,3065#5,01919
2021#4,11825
2020#2,65847
2019#3,05239
2018#3,30134
2017#3,07138
2016#3,11137
2015#3,68429
2014#2,98538
2013#2,66844
2012#2,63246
2011#2,66345
2010#2,63246
2009#2,28757
2008#2,32756
2007#2,33755
2006#2,28555
2005#1,81371
2004#1,78570
2003#1,67374
2002#1,66071
2001#1,71067
2000#1,50480
1999#1,58069
1998#1,53670
1997#1,48671
1996#1,35979
1995#1,27584
1994#1,24487
1993#1,26181
1992#1,17789
1991#1,79844
1990#1,58752
1989#1,20579
1988#1,14577
1987#1,14070
1986#1,16166
1985#1,09472
1984#1,11066
1983#1,03573
1982#1,13365
1981#9,1106#93592
1980#819115
1979#7,3138#667164
1978#6,9488#612186
1977#746130
1976#94677
1975#1,65830
1974#1,31142
1973#1,29441
1972#1,19647
1971#1,25444
1970#1,19248
1969#1,19843
1968#1,36632
1967#1,08746
1966#1,29934
1965#1,16342
1964#1,31136
1963#1,30536
1962#1,12147
1961#1,32236
1960#1,05853
1959#1,30236
1958#1,23739
1957#1,00557
1956#1,14044
1955#1,18140
1954#1,16941
1953#1,04648
1952#1,02749
1951#1,19537
1950#1,31330
1949#1,50124
1948#1,25633
1947#1,27133
1946#1,25731
1945#1,37823
1944#1,48321
1943#1,03742
1942#1,13936
1941#1,06637
1940#1,31126
1939#1,12033
1938#1,10934
1937#96742
1936#1,06836
1935#1,14833
1934#1,32326
1933#1,10335
1932#1,19832
1931#1,19433
1930#1,15137
1929#1,19534
1928#1,38228
1927#1,56124
1926#1,78719
1925#1,20135
1924#1,28732
1923#1,75320
1922#1,64422
1921#2,05916
1920#1,74720
1919#2,38512
1918#2,07315
1917#2,18813
1916#2,38911
1915#2,18412
1914#2,2719
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Delvin! It came in at #2,271, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1914–1917, when fewer than 14 boys a year got the name.

Where Delvin is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedCONebraska: #227 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,950 boysNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Delvin, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nebraska#227 · 1 in 1,950

Best ever in a state: #158 in North Dakota, 1933.

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Nebraska#22751 in 1,950
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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 Delvin
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 339 spots since 2024 (#4,200#4,539)
  • 1,881 spots since 2020 (#2,658#4,539)
  • 855 spots since 2015 (#3,684#4,539)
  • Biggest jump: 712 spots in 1976 (#1,658#946)
  • Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1982 (#935#1,133)
Rise & fade · boys
64 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1978 at #612 (186 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1976–1981
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,827
  • Highest: 1 in 8,827 boys born in 1978 were named Delvin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 15.2% of all boys named Delvin (809) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s72#2,073 (1918)#2,248
1920s250#1,195 (1929)#1,562
1930s341#967 (1937)#1,138
1940s306#1,037 (1943)#1,270
1950s421#1,005 (1957)#1,162
1960s405#1,058 (1960)#1,223
1970s809#612 (1978)#1,088
1980s775#819 (1980)#1,078
1990s726#1,177 (1992)#1,430
2000s656#1,504 (2000)#1,938
2010s396#2,632 (2010)#2,980
2020s171#2,658 (2020)#4,001

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.

Delvin in 1937

boys
#967
42 births · 1 in 25,397 boys

Top boys' names in 1937

  1. #1Robert61,842
  2. #2James56,561
  3. #3John48,755
  4. #4William40,725
  5. #5Richard32,975
  6. #6Charles30,520
  7. #7Donald27,868
  8. #8David20,981
  9. #9Thomas19,772
  10. #10George18,439
  11. #967Delvin42
More about 1937

boys

1,066,659 boys got a published name in 1937; 1 in 25,397 of them was named Delvin, which outranked 75.9% of the 4,020 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delvin
  1. #957Levon43
  2. #957Lovell43
  3. #957Mel43
  4. #967Delvin42
  5. #967Arland42
  6. #967Casimir42
  7. #967Chauncey42
  8. #982Adolphus41
  9. #982Alice41
  10. #982Aloysius41

Tied with 14 names at #967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 1,923Tyrone#2,629#706
  2. 558Lamont#1,540#982
  3. 540Lary#1,540#1,000
  4. 416Errol#906#490
  5. 399Levon#1,356#957
Fallers
  1. 492Gaston#989#1,481
  2. 461Gorden#827#1,288
  3. 432Sergio#940#1,372
  4. 371Landon#422#793
  5. 347Harlen#747#1,094

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

See the top 100 for 1937