first name
DELOIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,275 people named Delois, 76% reported their origin as Black, 20.7% as White and 1.9% as two or more races. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delois peaked in 1948, when 321 babies got the name.
At least 8,622 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Delois by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #864. The largest share of babies named Delois, 48%, 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. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Delois is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delois has been most common in Arkansas (9.8×), Mississippi (8.7×), and Alabama (7.2×), and least common in California (0.06×).
6,798 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.
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