# Del (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/del/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,970 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,298 / 672 (14% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 36, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | 31 | 1,936 |
| 1957 | 24 | 2,291 |
| 1958 | 25 | 2,274 |
| 1959 | 12 | 3,662 |
| 1960 | 17 | 3,016 |
| 1961 | 26 | 2,376 |
| 1962 | 11 | 4,062 |
| 1963 | 17 | 3,095 |
| 1965 | 13 | 3,589 |
| 1966 | 11 | 4,012 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5,086 |
| 1968 | 15 | 3,483 |
| 1969 | 8 | 5,559 |
| 1970 | 7 | 6,501 |
| 1973 | 5 | 8,735 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 12,738 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,130 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,728 |
| 2014 | 11 | 7,172 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,796 |
| 2016 | 12 | 6,820 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,091 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,028 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,772 |
| 2020 | 15 | 5,773 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,798 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,471 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,287 |
| 2024 | 12 | 6,926 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,417 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 6 | 1,761 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 1999 | 3 | 2,943 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Del

- Del Harris, American basketball coach
- Del Close, actor, writer, teacher (1934-1999)
- Del the Funky Homosapien, American rapper
- Del Reeves, American singer (1932–2007)
- Del Monroe, American actor (1932–2009)
- Del Moore, comedian, actor and radio announcer (1916-1970)
- Del Latta, American politician (1920–2016)
- Del McCoury, American musician
- Del Beshore, American basketball player-coach
- Del Lord, Canadian film director (1894-1970)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.