first name
DELIA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,738 people named Delia, 66.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20.6% as White and 6.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delia peaked in 1957, when 490 babies got the name.
At least 37,380 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Delia by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #238. The largest share of babies named Delia, 22.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Delia is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delia has been most common in Texas (4×), New Mexico (3.5×), and Arizona (3.1×), and least common in Iowa (0.12×).
25,881 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Delia
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delia, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Delia ranks #7,151 of 156,621, with 4,503 people. See Delia as a last name
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