Delma*
#1,644 most common girls' name of all time · #2,830 across all names · 15% male / 85% female · used 1884–2023 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#1,644
Rank overall
#2,830 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
122 of 146
All-time
9,901
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1926 #487
Best rank
#450 1907
Girls
Boys
peak 250/yr
Delma first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,254 |
| 2019 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,498 |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,036 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,921 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,565 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,961 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,549 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,222 |
| 2001 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,137 |
| 1999 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,510 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,182 |
| 1997 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,847 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,557 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,623 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,754 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,379 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,459 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,154 |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,863 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,145 |
| 1987 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,943 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,578 |
| 1985 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,869 |
| 1984 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,925 |
| 1983 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,568 |
| 1982 | 26 | 6 | 32 | #3,269 |
| 1981 | 18 | 7 | 25 | #4,176 |
| 1980 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,623 |
| 1979 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #3,782 |
| 1978 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,587 |
| 1977 | 27 | 5 | 32 | #2,920 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,551 |
| 1975 | 34 | — | 34 | #2,367 |
| 1974 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,503 |
| 1973 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,355 |
| 1972 | 41 | — | 41 | #1,980 |
| 1971 | 50 | 6 | 56 | #1,780 |
| 1970 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,641 |
| 1969 | 56 | 7 | 63 | #1,597 |
| 1968 | 57 | 8 | 65 | #1,506 |
| 1967 | 64 | 11 | 75 | #1,373 |
| 1966 | 68 | 5 | 73 | #1,314 |
| 1965 | 86 | 8 | 94 | #1,149 |
| 1964 | 80 | 6 | 86 | #1,232 |
| 1963 | 86 | 8 | 94 | #1,181 |
| 1962 | 89 | 7 | 96 | #1,160 |
| 1961 | 93 | 9 | 102 | #1,137 |
| 1960 | 92 | 11 | 103 | #1,132 |
| 1959 | 97 | 18 | 115 | #1,079 |
| 1958 | 122 | 16 | 138 | #934 |
| 1957 | 110 | 12 | 122 | #992 |
| 1956 | 109 | 15 | 124 | #966 |
| 1955 | 126 | 17 | 143 | #867 |
| 1954 | 110 | 22 | 132 | #917 |
| 1953 | 110 | 14 | 124 | #897 |
| 1952 | 88 | 14 | 102 | #1,005 |
| 1951 | 91 | 16 | 107 | #978 |
| 1950 | 94 | 23 | 117 | #920 |
| 1949 | 97 | 16 | 113 | #897 |
| 1948 | 101 | 21 | 122 | #869 |
| 1947 | 105 | 24 | 129 | #854 |
| 1946 | 100 | 19 | 119 | #828 |
| 1945 | 90 | 22 | 112 | #794 |
| 1944 | 90 | 21 | 111 | #807 |
| 1943 | 108 | 29 | 137 | #750 |
| 1942 | 103 | 30 | 133 | #746 |
| 1941 | 107 | 33 | 140 | #680 |
| 1940 | 126 | 20 | 146 | #627 |
| 1939 | 125 | 24 | 149 | #604 |
| 1938 | 126 | 36 | 162 | #609 |
| 1937 | 146 | 38 | 184 | #558 |
| 1936 | 152 | 29 | 181 | #526 |
| 1935 | 146 | 42 | 188 | #533 |
| 1934 | 154 | 36 | 190 | #519 |
| 1933 | 167 | 33 | 200 | #494 |
| 1932 | 156 | 28 | 184 | #525 |
| 1931 | 144 | 35 | 179 | #549 |
| 1930 | 141 | 27 | 168 | #577 |
| 1929 | 162 | 36 | 198 | #533 |
| 1928 | 172 | 42 | 214 | #533 |
| 1927 | 177 | 33 | 210 | #536 |
| 1926 | 205 | 45 | 250 | #487 |
| 1925 | 183 | 24 | 207 | #527 |
| 1924 | 188 | 39 | 227 | #522 |
| 1923 | 189 | 41 | 230 | #507 |
| 1922 | 174 | 45 | 219 | #538 |
| 1921 | 150 | 41 | 191 | #591 |
| 1920 | 145 | 32 | 177 | #596 |
| 1919 | 158 | 34 | 192 | #550 |
| 1918 | 160 | 38 | 198 | #561 |
| 1917 | 147 | 21 | 168 | #558 |
| 1916 | 129 | 23 | 152 | #591 |
| 1915 | 152 | 26 | 178 | #504 |
| 1914 | 132 | 23 | 155 | #481 |
| 1913 | 116 | 12 | 128 | #466 |
| 1912 | 72 | 11 | 83 | #569 |
| 1911 | 68 | 5 | 73 | #506 |
| 1910 | 61 | 7 | 68 | #527 |
| 1909 | 52 | 8 | 60 | #529 |
| 1908 | 54 | — | 54 | #497 |
| 1907 | 64 | 8 | 72 | #450 |
| 1906 | 52 | 5 | 57 | #475 |
| 1905 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #562 |
| 1904 | 23 | — | 23 | #748 |
| 1903 | 28 | — | 28 | #639 |
| 1902 | 26 | — | 26 | #660 |
| 1901 | 23 | — | 23 | #679 |
| 1900 | 27 | — | 27 | #701 |
| 1899 | 19 | — | 19 | #746 |
| 1898 | 22 | — | 22 | #716 |
| 1897 | 16 | — | 16 | #820 |
| 1896 | 18 | — | 18 | #788 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | 16 | #812 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | 16 | #777 |
| 1893 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,003 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,358 |
| 1891 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,274 |
| 1889 | 11 | — | 11 | #836 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,007 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,214 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,137 |
| 1884 | 8 | — | 8 | #843 |