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How popular is “Delma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Delma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Delma” 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 “Delma” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Delma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Delma” 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
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1891 6 0.00002093 6 100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 100%
1895 16 0.000045581 16 100%
1896 18 0.000050352 18 100%
1897 16 0.000046115 16 100%
1898 22 0.000057674 22 100%
1899 19 0.000056009 19 100%
1900 27 0.000059966 27 100%
1901 23 0.00006651 23 100%
1902 26 0.00006723 26 100%
1903 28 0.000073452 28 100%
1904 23 0.000057003 23 100%
1905 45 0.000106152 39 6 73%
1906 57 0.000133037 52 5 82%
1907 72 0.000154709 64 8 78%
1908 54 0.000110509 54 100%
1909 60 0.000117365 52 8 73%
1910 68 0.000115116 61 7 79%
1911 73 0.000113305 68 5 86%
1912 83 0.000084003 72 11 73%
1913 128 0.000112566 116 12 81%
1914 155 0.000109437 132 23 70%
1915 178 0.000097139 152 26 71%
1916 152 0.000078577 129 23 70%
1917 168 0.000083717 147 21 75%
1918 198 0.000091198 160 38 62%
1919 192 0.000090985 158 34 65%
1920 177 0.000078227 145 32 64%
1921 191 0.000081816 150 41 57%
1922 219 0.000095668 174 45 59%
1923 230 0.000099892 189 41 64%
1924 227 0.000095314 188 39 66%
1925 207 0.000088715 183 24 77%
1926 250 0.00010889 205 45 64%
1927 210 0.000090542 177 33 69%
1928 214 0.000094651 172 42 61%
1929 198 0.000090322 162 36 64%
1930 168 0.000075564 141 27 68%
1931 179 0.00008506 144 35 61%
1932 184 0.00008715 156 28 70%
1933 200 0.000100028 167 33 67%
1934 190 0.000091486 154 36 62%
1935 188 0.000089956 146 42 55%
1936 181 0.000087121 152 29 68%
1937 184 0.000086358 146 38 59%
1938 162 0.000073218 126 36 56%
1939 149 0.000067621 125 24 68%
1940 146 0.000063404 126 20 73%
1941 140 0.000057461 107 33 53%
1942 133 0.000048686 103 30 55%
1943 137 0.000048538 108 29 58%
1944 111 0.000041263 90 21 62%
1945 112 0.000042218 90 22 61%
1946 119 0.000037242 100 19 68%
1947 129 0.00003581 105 24 63%
1948 122 0.000035337 101 21 66%
1949 113 0.000032427 97 16 72%
1950 117 0.000033397 94 23 61%
1951 107 0.000029047 91 16 70%
1952 102 0.000026856 88 14 73%
1953 124 0.000032177 110 14 77%
1954 132 0.00003316 110 22 67%
1955 143 0.000035616 126 17 76%
1956 124 0.000030075 109 15 76%
1957 122 0.000029033 110 12 80%
1958 138 0.000033382 122 16 77%
1959 115 0.000027658 97 18 69%
1960 103 0.000024796 92 11 79%
1961 102 0.000024624 93 9 82%
1962 96 0.00002379 89 7 85%
1963 94 0.000023748 86 8 83%
1964 86 0.000022122 80 6 86%
1965 94 0.000025928 86 8 83%
1966 73 0.000021003 68 5 86%
1967 75 0.000022092 64 11 71%
1968 65 0.00001924 57 8 75%
1969 63 0.000018128 56 7 78%
1970 57 0.000015805 57 100%
1971 56 0.000016315 50 6 79%
1972 41 0.000013045 41 100%
1973 32 0.000010607 32 100%
1974 30 0.000009868 30 100%
1975 34 0.000011261 34 100%
1976 31 0.000010217 31 100%
1977 32 0.000010074 27 5 69%
1978 33 0.000010397 33 100%
1979 28 0.000008416 20 8 43%
1980 22 0.000006387 22 100%
1981 25 0.000007227 18 7 44%
1982 32 0.000009122 26 6 63%
1983 22 0.000006352 22 100%
1984 11 0.000003153 11 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 8 0.000002249 8 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 10 0.000002706 10 100%
1989 14 0.000003642 14 100%
1990 14 0.000003542 14 100%
1991 11 0.000002824 11 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 9 0.000002387 9 100%
1994 11 0.000002959 11 100%
1995 7 0.000001911 7 100%
1997 8 0.000002206 8 100%
1998 5 0.000001359 5 100%
1999 9 0.000002436 9 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 7 0.000001873 7 100%
2005 6 0.000001561 6 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2015 7 0.000001891 7 100%
2019 7 0.000002017 7 100%
2023 5 0.00000151 5 100%

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