first name
DELMAR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,569 people named Delmar, 72% reported their origin as White, 14.3% as Black and 7.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 98% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delmar peaked in 1927, when 360 babies got the name.
At least 14,376 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.
Delmar by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #675. The largest share of babies named Delmar, 33.9%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent 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 Delmar is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delmar has been most common in Nebraska (6.1×), South Dakota (5.9×), and Iowa (5.1×), and least common in New York (0.07×).
9,503 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 Delmar
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delmar, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Delmar ranks #21,277 of 156,621, with 1,254 people. See Delmar as a last name
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