# Della (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/della/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈdɛlə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 70,949 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 139 / 70,810 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 439, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Possibly a variant of Adela or Delia. First appeared in the 19th century.

## 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 | 120 | 1,724 |
| 2012 | 174 | 1,348 |
| 2013 | 164 | 1,400 |
| 2014 | 194 | 1,249 |
| 2015 | 218 | 1,156 |
| 2016 | 248 | 1,052 |
| 2017 | 252 | 1,028 |
| 2018 | 314 | 864 |
| 2019 | 339 | 808 |
| 2020 | 284 | 916 |
| 2021 | 405 | 710 |
| 2022 | 449 | 660 |
| 2023 | 453 | 645 |
| 2024 | 520 | 580 |
| 2025 | 533 | 563 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 6 | 3,646 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,304 |
| 1922 | 5 | 4,453 |
| 1923 | 6 | 3,922 |
| 1924 | 12 | 2,506 |
| 1925 | 6 | 3,839 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,809 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,222 |
| 1928 | 8 | 3,139 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,646 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,475 |
| 1932 | 6 | 3,463 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,765 |
| 1936 | 5 | 3,661 |
| 1941 | 7 | 2,933 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 13 | 2,058 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,367 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,556 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 43 | 832 |
| 2024 | 12 | 2,253 |
| 2025 | 31 | 1,079 |

## People named Della

- Della Reese, American actress and singer (1931-2017)
- Della H. Raney, African-American army nurse
- Ding Dang, Chinese singer

## 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.