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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Delois

Delois was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 445th with 321 babies. More babies were named Delois in the 1940s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1948321 babies
Total since 1880
8,622babies recorded

Delois popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 122 since 1915.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#1,93344
1960#844151
1950#508254
1940#502189
1930#641117
1920#1,13844
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Delois, counting every spelling?

Delois has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Delois?

About 4,800 people born in the US named Delois are alive today, with a median age of 74; half are between 67 and 80. That makes Delois a name most people associate with older generations.

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.

Delois by state

How common Delois was among girls born in each state in 1946–1950, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Arkansas (6.7×), Mississippi (6.0×), Alabama (6.0×), North Carolina (5.6×), Tennessee (3.2×). In 34 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesKY0.22West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.51 per 1,000 babiesVA0.51Maryland: 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: 1.1 per 1,000 babiesAR1.1Tennessee: 0.54 per 1,000 babiesTN0.54North Carolina: 0.94 per 1,000 babiesNC0.94South Carolina: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesSC0.31District of Columbia: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesDC0.09Oklahoma: 0.31 per 1,000 babiesOK0.31Louisiana: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesLA0.19Mississippi: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesMS1.0Alabama: 1.0 per 1,000 babiesAL1.0Georgia: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesGA0.44Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesTX0.21Florida: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesFL0.29
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Delois, girls, 1946–1950. Darker means more common.

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

Questions about the name Delois

How popular is the name Delois?

Delois was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 445th with 321 babies. More babies were named Delois in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Is Delois a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 8,500 girls and 122 boys.

Where was Delois most popular?

In 1946–1950, Delois was most common in Arkansas (1.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Mississippi and Alabama.