Delia Girl
How popular is Delia?
#1,561 girl name in 2025
135 baby girls were named Delia in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
Delia popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,561 for girls (▼ 52 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 135 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,239 in 2015, #1,343 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (490 girls) |
| Highest rank | #126 in 1880 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Delia counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Delia family of names ranked #1,188 for girls in 2025 (#1,156 the year before), with 153 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Delia | 135 | 88% |
| Deliah | 18 | 12% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Delia is most popular
Babies named Delia per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Hampshire: 0.3 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (75 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Delia by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,546 | #126 |
| 1890s | 1,871 | #172 |
| 1900s | 1,629 | #207 |
| 1910s | 2,360 | #303 |
| 1920s | 2,829 | #385 |
| 1930s | 2,853 | #344 |
| 1940s | 3,213 | #387 |
| 1950s | 4,589 | #388 |
| 1960s | 3,856 | #445 |
| 1970s | 2,976 | #537 |
| 1980s | 2,213 | #639 |
| 1990s | 2,191 | #808 |
| 2000s | 2,346 | #945 |
| 2010s | 1,973 | #1,007 |
| 2020s | 873 | #1,343 |
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Questions
- Is Delia a boy or girl name?
- Delia is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Delia were girls.
- How popular is the name Delia?
- 135 baby girls were named Delia in the US in 2025, making it the 1561st most popular girl name.
- When was Delia most popular?
- Delia peaked in 1957, when 490 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #126, held for 2 years starting in 1880.
- How many people are named Delia?
- 37,380 babies have been named Delia in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,367 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 53.
- Where is Delia most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Delia was most common in New Hampshire, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.