girls:
4.2k births since 1883
#2650 (54th percentile)
boys:
108 births since 1908
#4478 (2nd percentile)
overall:
4.3k births since 1883
#4173 (46th percentile)
The name Delta is the #4,173 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,315 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 46.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 46.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,650 (53.6% percentile) for all time with 4,207 births since 1883. For boys, it ranks #4,478 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 108 births since 1908.
Delta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for girls and 1908 for boys). Birth data for Delta is available in 140 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (140 years for girls and 19 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 Delta has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Delta reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 13.9% percentile (ranked #814) with 74 births per million. The name was most common in 1909, with 79 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Delta ranks #847 for girls (10.6% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 76.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Delta reached its peak popularity in 1955, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #636) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1908, with 30 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Delta ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 9.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Delta".
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