How rare is the name Delvin?

3,786 people in the United States have the first name Delvin, about 1 in 79,776. It ranks #4,782 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

DELVIN

#4,782

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,786
About
1 in 79,776
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,786 people named Delvin, 52.8% reported their origin as Black, 23.6% as White and 14.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Delvin peaked in 1978, when 194 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1978
Births that year
194
In 2025*
22 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,355 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Delvin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,180. The largest share of babies named Delvin, 22.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#4,92072
1920s#3,019250
1930s#2,283341
1940s#2,678306
1950s#2,635421
1960s#2,924405
1970s#2,180825
1980s#2,535781
1990s#3,307726
2000s#4,476656
2010s#6,597396
2020s#8,036176
Greatest Generation 1901–274.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4511%
Baby boom 1946–6414%
Generation X 1965–8021.2%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.7%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Delvin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delvin has been most common in Louisiana (6.4×), Florida (5.4×), and Texas (3.2×), and least common in New York (0.6×).

1,783 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.

Exactly as common as Delvin

1 other first name also has 3,786 people.

#4,782 Makaila · 3,786

Either side of Delvin

#4,780 Deyanira · 3,788#4,780 Santosh · 3,788#4,782 Makaila · 3,786#4,784 Claribel · 3,785

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delvin, most common first.

#11,144 Delfin · 1,167#15,085 Delvon · 769#40,182 Delvina · 186#48,513 Delvan · 131

Also a last name

As a last name, Delvin ranks #137,553 of 156,621, with 126 people. See Delvin as a last name

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