first name
DELLA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 20,486 people named Della, 69.3% reported their origin as White, 17.7% as Black and 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Della peaked in 1917, when 1,198 babies got the name.
At least 70,949 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.
Della by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #102. The largest share of babies named Della, 32.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Della is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Della has been most common in Kentucky (3.6×), West Virginia (3.2×), and Arkansas (2.4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.08×).
48,954 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 Della
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Della, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Della ranks #44,823 of 156,621, with 515 people. See Della as a last name
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