Delma

Girl · recorded 1884–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1907best year

Most popular in 1907.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 122 recorded years as a table
Delma, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188462
188538
188635
188748
188962
189132
189228
189347
189472
189568
189676
189768
189885
189982
190090
190196
190298
1903107
190484
1905134
1906176
1907201
1908162
1909150
1910154
1911163
1912129
1913186
1914173
1915154
1916124
1917136
1918138
1919140
1920121
1921122
1922145
1923157
1924151
1925150
1926173
1927148
1928149
1929145
1930125
1931135
1932146
1933166
1934147
1935139
1936146
1937137
1938114
1939114
1940110
194189
194276
194377
194468
194569
194664
194759
194859
194957
195055
195151
195247
195358
195457
195564
195654
195754
195861
195948
196046
196146
196245
196345
196442
196549
196640
196739
196835
196933
197033
197130
197227
197322
197420
197523
197621
197718
197822
197912
198013
198111
198215
198313
19847
19859
19864
19877
19886
19898
19907
19916
19923
19935
19946
19954
19975
19983
19995
20015
20024
20053
20074
20083
20123
20154
20194
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Delma isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1884
8,454

Delma was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1907, at 201 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Delma doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.