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.

Delta

#2,652 most common girls' name of all time · #4,523 across all names · 2% male / 98% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#2,652
Rank overall
#4,523 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
4,476
Since 2016
923
Peak year
2019 #1,569
Best rank
#732 1893
Girls Boys peak 136/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Delta first appears in 1883. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 78 — 78 #2,329
2024 82 — 82 #2,266
2023 105 5 110 #1,893
2022 65 — 65 #2,664
2021 105 6 111 #1,888
2020 119 — 119 #1,706
2019 136 — 136 #1,569
2018 103 7 110 #1,930
2017 67 6 73 #2,602
2016 39 — 39 #3,853
2015 39 — 39 #3,852
2014 28 — 28 #4,899
2013 16 — 16 #7,388
2012 16 — 16 #7,471
2011 8 — 8 #12,183
2010 8 — 8 #12,306
2009 11 5 16 #9,997
2008 5 — 5 #17,563
2007 6 — 6 #15,536
2006 14 — 14 #8,259
2005 19 — 19 #6,254
2004 15 — 15 #7,411
2003 15 — 15 #7,223
2002 5 — 5 #15,483
2001 12 — 12 #8,212
2000 13 — 13 #7,598
1999 12 — 12 #7,745
1998 9 — 9 #9,291
1997 13 — 13 #6,863
1996 16 — 16 #5,791
1995 9 — 9 #8,802
1994 17 — 17 #5,472
1993 15 — 15 #5,975
1992 16 — 16 #5,737
1991 23 — 23 #4,342
1990 26 5 31 #3,915
1989 22 — 22 #4,258
1988 25 — 25 #3,701
1987 19 — 19 #4,302
1986 20 — 20 #4,041
1985 14 — 14 #5,103
1984 14 — 14 #4,981
1983 16 — 16 #4,494
1982 20 — 20 #3,911
1981 16 — 16 #4,555
1980 18 — 18 #4,165
1979 22 — 22 #3,554
1978 31 — 31 #2,687
1977 20 5 25 #3,624
1976 30 — 30 #2,606
1975 47 — 47 #1,911
1974 82 6 88 #1,303
1973 99 — 99 #1,128
1972 57 — 57 #1,596
1971 12 — 12 #4,553
1970 10 — 10 #5,093
1969 13 — 13 #3,985
1968 20 — 20 #2,886
1967 5 — 5 #6,862
1966 10 — 10 #4,229
1965 21 — 21 #2,692
1964 27 — 27 #2,359
1963 24 — 24 #2,497
1962 21 — 21 #2,680
1961 29 — 29 #2,210
1960 25 — 25 #2,381
1959 37 — 37 #1,828
1958 25 6 31 #2,276
1957 32 — 32 #1,935
1956 38 5 43 #1,720
1955 30 8 38 #1,949
1954 25 5 30 #2,132
1953 29 — 29 #1,885
1952 35 — 35 #1,652
1951 28 — 28 #1,849
1950 19 — 19 #2,267
1949 25 — 25 #1,930
1948 29 — 29 #1,745
1947 24 — 24 #2,004
1946 26 — 26 #1,780
1945 32 — 32 #1,429
1944 31 — 31 #1,466
1943 32 — 32 #1,474
1942 24 — 24 #1,719
1941 28 — 28 #1,481
1940 32 — 32 #1,323
1939 25 — 25 #1,524
1938 43 — 43 #1,098
1937 44 — 44 #1,076
1936 35 — 35 #1,214
1935 36 — 36 #1,187
1934 48 — 48 #998
1933 40 — 40 #1,111
1932 33 — 33 #1,280
1931 41 — 41 #1,111
1930 44 — 44 #1,121
1929 36 — 36 #1,248
1928 49 — 49 #1,072
1927 42 6 48 #1,203
1926 45 — 45 #1,138
1925 48 — 48 #1,109
1924 58 — 58 #1,004
1923 56 — 56 #1,008
1922 59 — 59 #972
1921 50 6 56 #1,075
1920 45 5 50 #1,124
1919 51 — 51 #1,014
1918 53 — 53 #995
1917 53 7 60 #958
1916 74 5 79 #793
1915 58 — 58 #862
1914 48 — 48 #854
1913 31 5 36 #972
1912 43 — 43 #767
1911 25 — 25 #868
1910 26 — 26 #853
1909 29 — 29 #757
1908 27 5 32 #753
1907 12 — 12 #1,168
1906 21 — 21 #813
1905 15 — 15 #996
1904 23 — 23 #746
1903 14 — 14 #949
1902 17 — 17 #865
1901 13 — 13 #941
1900 21 — 21 #824
1899 18 — 18 #780
1898 21 — 21 #744
1897 10 — 10 #1,075
1896 19 — 19 #746
1895 10 — 10 #1,095
1894 12 — 12 #939
1893 17 — 17 #732
1892 9 — 9 #1,050
1891 9 — 9 #989
1890 6 — 6 #1,265
1889 11 — 11 #834
1888 13 — 13 #749
1886 6 — 6 #1,063
1885 6 — 6 #999
1884 8 — 8 #839
1883 7 — 7 #810