Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Delilah

#502 most common girls' name of all time · #923 across all names · 0% boys / 100% girls · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#502
Rank overall
#923 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
66,683
Since 2016
35,310
Peak year
2024 #50
Best rank
#50 2024
✝️A person in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 4,254/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Delilah is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 4,137 — 4,137 #51
2024 4,254 — 4,254 #50
2023 4,049 — 4,049 #52
2022 3,874 — 3,874 #58
2021 3,761 — 3,761 #58
2020 3,424 — 3,424 #70
2019 3,158 — 3,158 #88
2018 3,012 — 3,012 #92
2017 2,898 — 2,898 #102
2016 2,743 — 2,743 #115
2015 2,740 — 2,740 #115
2014 2,514 — 2,514 #130
2013 2,347 — 2,347 #135
2012 2,096 — 2,096 #154
2011 1,838 — 1,838 #171
2010 1,672 — 1,672 #187
2009 1,705 — 1,705 #190
2008 1,741 — 1,741 #193
2007 1,136 — 1,136 #297
2006 539 — 539 #547
2005 487 — 487 #586
2004 473 — 473 #594
2003 438 — 438 #611
2002 354 — 354 #706
2001 379 — 379 #664
2000 358 — 358 #674
1999 355 — 355 #649
1998 242 — 242 #872
1997 225 — 225 #894
1996 159 — 159 #1,140
1995 155 — 155 #1,131
1994 133 — 133 #1,277
1993 138 — 138 #1,251
1992 128 — 128 #1,312
1991 151 — 151 #1,161
1990 136 — 136 #1,229
1989 153 — 153 #1,092
1988 192 — 192 #902
1987 219 — 219 #799
1986 185 — 185 #889
1985 236 — 236 #734
1984 225 — 225 #728
1983 252 — 252 #677
1982 159 — 159 #939
1981 115 — 115 #1,158
1980 159 — 159 #940
1979 196 — 196 #805
1978 154 — 154 #919
1977 151 — 151 #927
1976 136 — 136 #939
1975 132 — 132 #952
1974 147 — 147 #881
1973 156 — 156 #837
1972 104 — 104 #1,091
1971 131 — 131 #968
1970 170 — 170 #815
1969 91 — 91 #1,169
1968 59 — 59 #1,473
1967 53 — 53 #1,539
1966 41 — 41 #1,766
1965 54 — 54 #1,518
1964 66 — 66 #1,383
1963 80 — 80 #1,226
1962 110 — 110 #1,025
1961 109 — 109 #1,049
1960 139 — 139 #887
1959 111 — 111 #1,002
1958 131 — 131 #893
1957 158 — 158 #805
1956 172 — 172 #738
1955 148 — 148 #790
1954 156 — 156 #740
1953 214 — 214 #607
1952 228 — 228 #575
1951 184 — 184 #642
1950 131 — 131 #756
1949 96 — 96 #904
1948 90 — 90 #915
1947 55 — 55 #1,218
1946 52 — 52 #1,194
1945 45 — 45 #1,178
1944 62 — 62 #988
1943 78 — 78 #885
1942 142 — 142 #632
1941 80 — 80 #809
1940 40 — 40 #1,152
1939 41 — 41 #1,132
1938 48 — 48 #1,032
1937 55 — 55 #930
1936 57 — 57 #902
1935 63 — 63 #867
1934 53 — 53 #949
1933 54 — 54 #925
1932 52 — 52 #982
1931 53 — 53 #954
1930 63 — 63 #918
1929 53 — 53 #995
1928 59 — 59 #968
1927 46 — 46 #1,128
1926 77 — 77 #837
1925 50 — 50 #1,075
1924 71 — 71 #896
1923 64 — 64 #912
1922 61 — 61 #951
1921 61 — 61 #948
1920 63 — 63 #915
1919 64 — 64 #875
1918 72 — 72 #848
1917 62 — 62 #879
1916 65 — 65 #842
1915 52 — 52 #919
1914 50 — 50 #829
1913 49 — 49 #754
1912 33 — 33 #870
1911 24 — 24 #879
1910 30 — 30 #785
1909 29 — 29 #750
1908 21 — 21 #854
1907 12 — 12 #1,144
1906 14 — 14 #1,004
1905 22 — 22 #780
1904 20 — 20 #810
1903 18 — 18 #817
1902 22 — 22 #741
1901 16 — 16 #834
1900 21 — 21 #806
1899 24 — 24 #634
1898 28 — 28 #614
1897 16 — 16 #792
1896 18 — 18 #762
1895 15 — 15 #821
1894 21 — 21 #652
1893 19 — 19 #669
1892 20 — 20 #646
1891 28 — 28 #487
1890 20 — 20 #582
1889 20 — 20 #576
1888 19 — 19 #584
1887 14 — 14 #615
1886 15 — 15 #586
1885 12 — 12 #638
1884 17 — 17 #512
1883 11 — 11 #597
1882 10 — 10 #604
1881 10 — 10 #552
1880 10 — 10 #554