NameTides

Delilah

Delilah was the #51 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,137 babies), and #32 in England & Wales and #135 in Canada.

Delilah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Delilah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSScotlandIrelandNorthern IrelandCanada
Delilah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#51 (4,137)#32 (1,180)#122 (37)#177 (10)#160 (29)#135 (198)#54 (121)#76 (81)
2024#50 (4,254)#33 (1,180)#131 (34)#134 (15)#181 (25)#136 (199)#66 (105)#68 (94)
2023#52 (4,049)#32 (1,194)#99 (44)#159 (12)#190 (24)#130 (198)#55 (119)#82 (65)
2022#58 (3,874)#44 (1,054)#163 (26)#201 (9)#203 (23)#155 (175)#90 (77)#99 (58)
2021#58 (3,761)#50 (981)#164 (26)#206 (9)#336 (12)#154 (185)#95 (80)#89 (66)
2020#70 (3,424)#62 (801)#276 (13)#178 (10)#410 (9)#169 (163)#93 (79)—
2019#88 (3,158)#76 (695)#343 (10)#424 (3)#621 (5)#247 (127)——
2018#92 (3,012)#90 (601)#348 (10)—#568 (6)#237 (131)——
2017#102 (2,898)#128 (444)#289 (13)#355 (4)#579 (6)#304 (108)——
2016#115 (2,743)#142 (399)#502 (6)#440 (3)#750 (4)#270 (120)——
2015#115 (2,740)#166 (330)——#751 (4)#262 (126)——
2014#130 (2,514)#179 (293)#537 (6)#439 (3)—#331 (100)——
2013#135 (2,347)#214 (237)#506 (6)——#287 (113)——
2012#154 (2,096)#238 (210)#426 (8)—#907 (3)#339 (96)——
2011#171 (1,838)#328 (146)———#494 (64)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #50.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 390 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 390common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 210common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 480common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 760common

Next year

On its recent trend, Delilah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 370 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 350 to 1 in 380.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Delilah by state, 2025Alaska: #50AKMaine: #57MEWisconsin: #54WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #66NHWashington: #64WAIdaho: #124IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #101NDMinnesota: #66MNIllinois: #67ILMichigan: #50MINew York: #92NYMassachusetts: #95MAOregon: #61ORNevada: #33NVWyoming: #79WYSouth Dakota: #38SDIowa: #51IAIndiana: #34INOhio: #40OHPennsylvania: #71PANew Jersey: #179NJConnecticut: #89CTRhode Island: #59RICalifornia: #40CAUtah: #64UTColorado: #84CONebraska: #45NEMissouri: #37MOKentucky: #35KYWest Virginia: #27WVVirginia: #81VAMaryland: #72MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #30AZNew Mexico: #52NMKansas: #50KSArkansas: #35ARTennessee: #43TNNorth Carolina: #63NCSouth Carolina: #58SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #32OKLouisiana: #76LAMississippi: #23MSAlabama: #48ALGeorgia: #48GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #42TXFlorida: #60FL
Delilah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#10599
Quebec2025#7745

Delilah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DelilahCanadaGirls#135198
DelilahEngland & WalesGirls#321,180
DelilahIrelandGirls#16029
DelilahNorthern IrelandGirls#17710
DelilahNSWGirls#54121
DelilahScotlandGirls#12237
DelilahUSGirls#514,137
DelilahVICGirls#7681