Delmar
Delmar was the 5920th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 294th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 119 places. More babies were named Delmar in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #5,920 boys, down 1,611 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 15boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1931354 babies
- Total since 1880
- 14,376babies recorded
Delmar popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 134 since 1910.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,920 | 15 |
| 2020 | #4,309 | 23 |
| 2010 | #4,268 | 23 |
| 2000 | #3,098 | 28 |
| 1990 | #1,817 | 43 |
| 1980 | #1,396 | 46 |
| 1970 | #900 | 80 |
| 1960 | #748 | 106 |
| 1950 | #558 | 147 |
| 1940 | #381 | 227 |
| 1930 | #312 | 332 |
| 1920 | #315 | 335 |
| 1910 | #501 | 31 |
| 1900 | #856 | 10 |
| 1890 | #1,039 | 5 |
| 1880 | #841 | 6 |
How popular is Delmar, counting every spelling?
Delmar is the most common spelling of a name family that had 20 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 20 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delmar | 15 | #5,920 | 100 |
| Delmer | 5 | #12,484 | 25 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Delmar?
15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Delmar (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Delmar 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Delmar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Delmar?
About 4,400 people born in the US named Delmar are alive today, with a median age of 64; half are between 45 and 77. That makes Delmar a name most people associate with older generations.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Delmar: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Delmar, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Delmar
How popular is the name Delmar?
Delmar was the 5920th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1931, when it ranked 294th with 354 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 119 places. More babies were named Delmar in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Delmar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Delmar in the US.