# Delia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delia/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdiːlɪə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 37,380 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 62 / 37,318 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 622, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Ancient Greek Δηλίᾱ (Dēlíā), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 250 | 1,007 |
| 2012 | 219 | 1,126 |
| 2013 | 178 | 1,319 |
| 2014 | 217 | 1,149 |
| 2015 | 197 | 1,240 |
| 2016 | 183 | 1,308 |
| 2017 | 171 | 1,355 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,395 |
| 2019 | 152 | 1,454 |
| 2020 | 164 | 1,344 |
| 2021 | 147 | 1,463 |
| 2022 | 130 | 1,624 |
| 2023 | 154 | 1,447 |
| 2024 | 143 | 1,512 |
| 2025 | 135 | 1,561 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1928 | 5 | 4,287 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,764 |
| 1935 | 7 | 3,023 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,660 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,565 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,797 |
| 1951 | 6 | 3,427 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,872 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,058 |
| 1986 | 8 | 4,963 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,665 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,991 |
| 2013 | 22 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,341 |
| 2015 | 34 | 1,033 |
| 2016 | 41 | 897 |
| 2017 | 53 | 753 |
| 2018 | 53 | 745 |
| 2019 | 55 | 703 |
| 2020 | 51 | 720 |
| 2021 | 54 | 699 |
| 2022 | 44 | 809 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,325 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,353 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,584 |

## People named Delia

- Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001)
- Delia Owens, American author and zoologist
- Delia Fiallo, Cuban author and screenwriter (1924–2021)
- Delia Bacon, American author best known for her work on Shakespearean authorship (1811–1859)
- Delia Akeley, American explorer
- Delia Sheppard, Danish actress, model, singer and dancer
- Delia Garcés, Argentine actress
- Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter
- Delia Sherman, American writer
- Delia Ephron, American writer and film producer
- Delia Parodi, Argentine politician (1913-1991)
- Dee Dee Warwick, American soul singer (1945–2008)

## 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.