Delilah Girl
How popular is Delilah?
#51 girl name in 2025
4,137 baby girls were named Delilah in the US in 2025, making it the 51st most popular girl name.
Delilah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #51 for girls (▼ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,137 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+51% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #115 in 2015, #70 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (4,254 girls) |
| Highest rank | #50 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Delilah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Delilah family of names ranked #66 for girls in 2025 (#62 the year before), with 4,267 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Delilah is most popular
Babies named Delilah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 7.5 per 1,000 (32 girls)
- West Virginia: 6.2 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- Alaska: 6.2 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- Nevada: 5.9 per 1,000 (273 girls)
- New Mexico: 4.8 per 1,000 (116 girls)
Delilah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 138 | #501 |
| 1890s | 209 | #483 |
| 1900s | 195 | #734 |
| 1910s | 501 | #748 |
| 1920s | 605 | #836 |
| 1930s | 539 | #866 |
| 1940s | 740 | #631 |
| 1950s | 1,633 | #573 |
| 1960s | 802 | #885 |
| 1970s | 1,477 | #804 |
| 1980s | 1,895 | #677 |
| 1990s | 1,822 | #649 |
| 2000s | 7,610 | #190 |
| 2010s | 25,018 | #88 |
| 2020s | 23,499 | #50 |
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Questions
- Is Delilah a boy or girl name?
- Delilah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Delilah were girls.
- How popular is the name Delilah?
- 4,137 baby girls were named Delilah in the US in 2025, making it the 51st most popular girl name.
- When was Delilah most popular?
- Delilah peaked in 2024, when 4,254 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #50 in 2024.
- How many people are named Delilah?
- 66,683 babies have been named Delilah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 63,546 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Delilah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Delilah was most common in Wyoming, at 7.5 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.