girls:
531 births since 1888
#5185 (9th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1989
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
536 births since 1888
#7203 (7th percentile)
The name Dela is the #7,203 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 536 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 6.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,185 (9.3% percentile) for all time with 531 births since 1888. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1989.
Dela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (1888 for girls and 1989 for boys). Birth data for Dela is available in 71 out of the 136 years between 1888 and 2023 (71 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Dela has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.1% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Dela reached its peak popularity in 1919, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #586) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1888, with 26 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dela ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 34.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Dela reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #753) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1989, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1989.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dela".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.5% confident that Dela is pronounced as DEH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DEE-luh, at 29.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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