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How popular is “Delta” in the USA?

Number of people named “Delta” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Delta” by birth year

This chart shows how “Delta” 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
1883 7 0.000032266 7 100%
1884 8 0.000032859 8 100%
1885 6 0.000024911 6 100%
1886 6 0.0000235 6 100%
1888 13 0.000043409 13 100%
1889 11 0.000038069 11 100%
1890 6 0.000019907 6 100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 100%
1892 9 0.000026916 9 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 12 0.000035431 12 100%
1895 10 0.000028488 10 100%
1896 19 0.000053149 19 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 21 0.000055052 21 100%
1899 18 0.000053061 18 100%
1900 21 0.00004664 21 100%
1901 13 0.000037593 13 100%
1902 17 0.000043958 17 100%
1903 14 0.000036726 14 100%
1904 23 0.000057003 23 100%
1905 15 0.000035384 15 100%
1906 21 0.000049014 21 100%
1907 12 0.000025785 12 100%
1908 32 0.000065487 27 5 69%
1909 29 0.000056727 29 100%
1910 26 0.000044015 26 100%
1911 25 0.000038803 25 100%
1912 43 0.00004352 43 100%
1913 36 0.000031659 31 5 72%
1914 48 0.00003389 48 100%
1915 58 0.000031652 58 100%
1916 79 0.000040839 74 5 87%
1917 60 0.000029899 53 7 77%
1918 53 0.000024411 53 100%
1919 51 0.000024168 51 100%
1920 50 0.000022098 45 5 80%
1921 56 0.000023988 50 6 79%
1922 59 0.000025774 59 100%
1923 56 0.000024322 56 100%
1924 58 0.000024353 58 100%
1925 48 0.000020572 48 100%
1926 45 0.0000196 45 100%
1927 48 0.000020695 42 6 75%
1928 49 0.000021672 49 100%
1929 36 0.000016422 36 100%
1930 44 0.000019791 44 100%
1931 41 0.000019483 41 100%
1932 33 0.00001563 33 100%
1933 40 0.000020006 40 100%
1934 48 0.000023112 48 100%
1935 36 0.000017226 36 100%
1936 35 0.000016847 35 100%
1937 44 0.000020651 44 100%
1938 43 0.000019434 43 100%
1939 25 0.000011346 25 100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 100%
1941 28 0.000011492 28 100%
1942 24 0.000008785 24 100%
1943 32 0.000011337 32 100%
1944 31 0.000011524 31 100%
1945 32 0.000012062 32 100%
1946 26 0.000008137 26 100%
1947 24 0.000006662 24 100%
1948 29 0.0000084 29 100%
1949 25 0.000007174 25 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 28 0.000007601 28 100%
1952 35 0.000009215 35 100%
1953 29 0.000007525 29 100%
1954 30 0.000007536 25 5 67%
1955 38 0.000009464 30 8 58%
1956 43 0.000010429 38 5 77%
1957 32 0.000007615 32 100%
1958 31 0.000007499 25 6 61%
1959 37 0.000008899 37 100%
1960 25 0.000006019 25 100%
1961 29 0.000007001 29 100%
1962 21 0.000005204 21 100%
1963 24 0.000006063 24 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 21 0.000005792 21 100%
1966 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1968 20 0.00000592 20 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 10 0.000002773 10 100%
1971 12 0.000003496 12 100%
1972 57 0.000018136 57 100%
1973 99 0.000032815 99 100%
1974 88 0.000028947 82 6 86%
1975 47 0.000015566 47 100%
1976 30 0.000009887 30 100%
1977 25 0.00000787 20 5 60%
1978 31 0.000009767 31 100%
1979 22 0.000006613 22 100%
1980 18 0.000005226 18 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 20 0.000005701 20 100%
1983 16 0.00000462 16 100%
1984 14 0.000004013 14 100%
1985 14 0.000003923 14 100%
1986 20 0.000005623 20 100%
1987 19 0.00000527 19 100%
1988 25 0.000006766 25 100%
1989 22 0.000005723 22 100%
1990 31 0.000007843 26 5 68%
1991 23 0.000005905 23 100%
1992 16 0.000004165 16 100%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 100%
1994 17 0.000004573 17 100%
1995 9 0.000002458 9 100%
1996 16 0.000004387 16 100%
1997 13 0.000003585 13 100%
1998 9 0.000002447 9 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 13 0.000003439 13 100%
2001 12 0.000003206 12 100%
2002 5 0.000001338 5 100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 100%
2004 15 0.000003926 15 100%
2005 19 0.000004942 19 100%
2006 14 0.000003539 14 100%
2007 6 0.000001501 6 100%
2008 5 0.000001272 5 100%
2009 16 0.000004188 11 5 38%
2010 8 0.000002165 8 100%
2011 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2012 16 0.000004375 16 100%
2013 16 0.000004389 16 100%
2014 28 0.000007555 28 100%
2015 39 0.000010538 39 100%
2016 39 0.00001063 39 100%
2017 73 0.000020413 67 6 84%
2018 110 0.000031286 103 7 87%
2019 136 0.000039183 136 100%
2020 118 0.000035323 118 100%
2021 111 0.000032763 105 6 89%
2022 65 0.000019213 65 100%
2023 110 0.000033221 105 5 91%
2024 82 0.000024636 82 100%

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