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How popular is “Delia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Delia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Delia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Delia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Delia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Delia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Delia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Delia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 129 0.000640249 129 100%
1881 111 0.000576061 111 100%
1882 143 0.000645502 143 100%
1883 162 0.00074673 162 100%
1884 145 0.000595578 145 100%
1885 155 0.000643543 155 100%
1886 169 0.000661925 169 100%
1887 150 0.000606325 150 100%
1888 200 0.000667838 200 100%
1889 182 0.000629875 182 100%
1890 197 0.000653614 197 100%
1891 177 0.000617428 177 100%
1892 203 0.000607105 203 100%
1893 194 0.000596514 194 100%
1894 172 0.000507839 172 100%
1895 193 0.000549826 193 100%
1896 190 0.000531492 190 100%
1897 186 0.000536089 186 100%
1898 179 0.000469256 179 100%
1899 180 0.000530607 180 100%
1900 231 0.000513039 231 100%
1901 164 0.000474246 164 100%
1902 132 0.000341321 132 100%
1903 145 0.000380378 145 100%
1904 184 0.000456027 184 100%
1905 171 0.000403376 171 100%
1906 125 0.000291749 125 100%
1907 162 0.000348095 162 100%
1908 168 0.000343805 168 100%
1909 147 0.000287545 147 100%
1910 149 0.000252238 149 100%
1911 170 0.000263861 170 100%
1912 171 0.000173066 171 100%
1913 198 0.000174126 198 100%
1914 248 0.000175099 248 100%
1915 280 0.000152803 280 100%
1916 267 0.000138026 267 100%
1917 283 0.000141024 283 100%
1918 294 0.000135415 294 100%
1919 300 0.000142164 300 100%
1920 282 0.000124633 282 100%
1921 271 0.000116085 271 100%
1922 247 0.0001079 247 100%
1923 293 0.000127254 293 100%
1924 289 0.000121346 289 100%
1925 272 0.000116573 272 100%
1926 282 0.000122827 282 100%
1927 294 0.000126759 294 100%
1928 302 0.000133573 297 5 97%
1929 302 0.000137764 302 100%
1930 294 0.000132237 294 100%
1931 311 0.000147786 311 100%
1932 296 0.000140199 296 100%
1933 333 0.000166546 328 5 97%
1934 290 0.000139637 290 100%
1935 272 0.00013015 265 7 95%
1936 257 0.000123702 252 5 96%
1937 284 0.000133291 284 100%
1938 271 0.000122482 265 6 96%
1939 267 0.000121174 267 100%
1940 261 0.000113346 256 5 96%
1941 284 0.000116564 284 100%
1942 327 0.000119701 327 100%
1943 305 0.000108058 305 100%
1944 286 0.000106317 286 100%
1945 271 0.000102152 271 100%
1946 336 0.000105154 336 100%
1947 377 0.000104655 377 100%
1948 362 0.000104851 357 5 97%
1949 413 0.000118516 413 100%
1950 402 0.000114747 402 100%
1951 425 0.000115372 419 6 97%
1952 452 0.00011901 452 100%
1953 480 0.000124557 480 100%
1954 457 0.000114804 457 100%
1955 465 0.000115813 465 100%
1956 479 0.000116176 479 100%
1957 490 0.000116607 490 100%
1958 457 0.000110549 457 100%
1959 488 0.000117364 488 100%
1960 478 0.000115075 478 100%
1961 467 0.000112739 467 100%
1962 415 0.000102841 415 100%
1963 436 0.000110151 436 100%
1964 433 0.00011138 433 100%
1965 363 0.000100126 363 100%
1966 340 0.000097823 340 100%
1967 314 0.000092492 314 100%
1968 312 0.000092351 312 100%
1969 298 0.000085747 298 100%
1970 332 0.000092056 327 5 97%
1971 307 0.000089443 307 100%
1972 296 0.000094178 296 100%
1973 307 0.000101761 307 100%
1974 240 0.000078947 240 100%
1975 271 0.000089753 271 100%
1976 325 0.000107109 325 100%
1977 339 0.000106721 334 5 97%
1978 289 0.000091056 289 100%
1979 280 0.00008416 280 100%
1980 285 0.00008274 285 100%
1981 254 0.000073424 254 100%
1982 223 0.00006357 223 100%
1983 266 0.000076804 266 100%
1984 202 0.0000579 202 100%
1985 184 0.000051553 184 100%
1986 201 0.000056507 193 8 92%
1987 198 0.000054914 198 100%
1988 187 0.000050608 187 100%
1989 219 0.000056965 219 100%
1990 246 0.000062239 246 100%
1991 230 0.000059046 230 100%
1992 199 0.000051806 199 100%
1993 226 0.000059943 226 100%
1994 172 0.000046266 172 100%
1995 217 0.000059255 217 100%
1996 187 0.000051272 187 100%
1997 232 0.000063987 232 100%
1998 246 0.00006688 246 100%
1999 236 0.00006389 236 100%
2000 221 0.000058467 221 100%
2001 205 0.000054763 205 100%
2002 198 0.000052965 198 100%
2003 248 0.000065223 248 100%
2004 247 0.000064644 247 100%
2005 261 0.000067883 261 100%
2006 237 0.000059906 237 100%
2007 272 0.000068039 272 100%
2008 229 0.00005826 229 100%
2009 227 0.000059421 227 100%
2010 244 0.000066022 244 100%
2011 250 0.000068347 250 100%
2012 219 0.000059879 219 100%
2013 178 0.000048825 178 100%
2014 216 0.000058278 216 100%
2015 197 0.00005323 197 100%
2016 183 0.000049881 183 100%
2017 171 0.000047816 171 100%
2018 160 0.000045508 160 100%
2019 152 0.000043792 152 100%
2020 164 0.000049093 164 100%
2021 147 0.000043389 147 100%
2022 130 0.000038426 130 100%
2023 154 0.000046509 154 100%
2024 141 0.000042361 141 100%

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