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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Delila

Delila was the 3412th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 638th; the most babies were born in 2008 (118). Over the last ten years it has moved down 723 places. More babies were named Delila in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,412 girls, up 331 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
45girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
2008118 babies
Total since 1880
3,574babies recorded

Delila popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,41245
2020#3,74339
2010#2,24086
2000#3,18043
1990#3,92826
1980#4,18718
1970#3,33219
1960#3,11416
1950#2,69015
1940#1,98017
1930#1,37531
1920#1,96420
1910#1,35412
1900#1,24910
1890#64417
1880#8535

How popular is Delila, counting every spelling?

Delila has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Delila?

45 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Delila (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Delila born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 186 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Delila.

Chance of another Delila in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Delila?

About 2,600 people born in the US named Delila are alive today, with a median age of 21; half are between 13 and 43. That makes Delila mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Delila by state

How common Delila was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Delila, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Delila: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Delila, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Delila

How popular is the name Delila?

Delila was the 3412th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 45 babies. Its best year was 1887, when it ranked 638th; the most babies were born in 2008 (118). Over the last ten years it has moved down 723 places. More babies were named Delila in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Delila a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Delila in the US.

Where is Delila most popular?

In 2021–2025, Delila was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Georgia.