Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Delia

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Delia
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

490

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

71.2%

2024

141

All-time

37,173

Delia has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 490 girls were named Delia.

In 2024, only 141 girls were given the name.

Down 71.2% from its peak.

All told, about 37,173 Americans have been named Delia and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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