# Delma (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/delma/  
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 | 9,901 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,447 / 8,454 (85% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 9 | 8,914 |
| 1994 | 11 | 7,745 |
| 1995 | 7 | 10,804 |
| 1997 | 8 | 10,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | 14,748 |
| 1999 | 9 | 9,697 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,329 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,550 |
| 2005 | 6 | 14,966 |
| 2007 | 7 | 14,301 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18,248 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,563 |
| 2015 | 7 | 13,362 |
| 2019 | 7 | 12,780 |
| 2023 | 5 | 15,785 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 11 | 2,573 |
| 1961 | 9 | 2,943 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,381 |
| 1963 | 8 | 3,111 |
| 1964 | 6 | 3,702 |
| 1965 | 8 | 3,041 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,074 |
| 1967 | 11 | 2,507 |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,169 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,672 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,523 |
| 1977 | 5 | 6,059 |
| 1979 | 8 | 4,500 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,061 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,816 |

## 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.