NameTides

Del

Del was the #8,243 boys' name in the US in 2025 (9 babies).

Del as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Del as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020US
Del as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#8,243 (9)———
2024#6,832 (12)———
2023#6,220 (14)———
2022#8,300 (9)———
2021#6,698 (12)#4,789 (3)——
2020#5,699 (15)———
2019#7,643 (10)#4,702 (3)——
2018#8,819 (8)———
2017#10,775 (6)———
2016#6,726 (12)———
2015#9,568 (7)———
2014#7,048 (11)———
2013#5,659 (15)#4,685 (3)——
2012#10,770 (6)———
2011#12,287 (5)———

Del as a girl’s name

  • US
Del as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Del as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1973#8,423 (5)
1970#6,362 (7)
1969#5,456 (8)
1968#3,456 (15)
1967#4,982 (8)
1966#3,959 (11)
1965#3,549 (13)
1963#3,066 (17)
1962#4,011 (11)
1961#2,359 (26)
1960#2,989 (17)
1959#3,619 (12)
1958#2,260 (25)
1957#2,276 (24)
1956#1,931 (31)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1958 at #644.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1909.
  • In 1973, 14% of US babies named Del were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Del is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 110,000 to 1 in 280,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DelCanadaBoys—too few
DelEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DelScotlandBoys—too few
DelUSGirls—too few
DelUSBoys#8,2439