NameTides

Delta

Delta was the #2,326 girls' name in the US in 2025 (78 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales.

Delta as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Delta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Delta as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,326 (78)#4,867 (4)—
2024#2,265 (82)#3,696 (6)#3,383 (5)
2023#1,890 (105)#4,710 (4)#2,900 (6)
2022#2,661 (65)#4,646 (4)—
2021#1,885 (105)#2,942 (8)—
2020#1,704 (119)#2,615 (9)#2,873 (6)
2019#1,569 (136)#2,040 (13)—
2018#1,925 (103)#2,187 (12)—
2017#2,597 (67)#2,201 (12)—
2016#3,849 (39)#3,609 (6)#2,383 (8)
2015#3,842 (39)#3,252 (7)#3,286 (5)
2014#4,892 (28)——
2013#7,372 (16)——
2012#7,456 (16)#2,969 (8)—
2011#12,153 (8)#4,049 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1904 at #727.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Delta is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Delta by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #916INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,545FL
Delta (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DeltaCanadaGirls—too few
DeltaEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
DeltaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DeltaUSGirls#2,32678
DeltaUSBoys—too few