Delilah

girls’ nameAt its peakCompare

Delilah is ranked 50th among girls in 2024 (4,240 births). Its best rank was 50th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #50up 2 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4,2400.26% of girls
Peak year: 20244,240 births
Best rank: #50in 2024
Since 1880: 62,507people given the name

Babies named Delilah, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

62,507 girls have been named Delilah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 4,240 births — 0.26% of all girls recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 40%. It has spent 115 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 7 of them in the top 100.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Delilah
1880s	138
1890s	209
1900s	195
1910s	501
1920s	605
1930s	539
1940s	740
1950s	1,633
1960s	801
1970s	1,477
1980s	1,895
1990s	1,822
2000s	7,610
2010s	25,007
2020s	19,335

In 2024, its biggest year

Delilah was the 50th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Delilah

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.