first name
DELPHINE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,334 people named Delphine, 48.8% reported their origin as White, 37.6% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delphine peaked in 1958, when 348 babies got the name.
At least 10,481 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.
Delphine by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #873. The largest share of babies named Delphine, 27.7%, 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 Delphine is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delphine has been most common in Michigan (6.4×), Minnesota (3.3×), and South Carolina (2.7×), and least common in Indiana (0.29×).
5,904 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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