Delia

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Delia: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Delia: Recorded since 1964, its highest recorded position is #234, and it stood at #483 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1998	#3142
2000	#2416
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#2727
2004	#4598
2005	#4798
2006	#2781
2007	#2895
2008	#2022
2009	#2535
2010	#1901
2011	#1665
2012	#1991
2013	#1433
2014	#1341
2015	#1033
2016	#897
2017	#753
2018	#745
2019	#703
2020	#720
2021	#699
2022	#809
2023	#1325
2024	#1353

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 37 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #556 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1353 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2025
Highest recorded position: #234 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #483 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Delia appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 37 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 221 births with the name.

Delia across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Delia's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#234 (1964)	#483 (2025)	37 of 62	221 (1964–2025)	10 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#699 (2021)	#1353 (2024)	27 of 29	603 (1996–2024)	55 (2019)

Delia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Delia in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	44	6 of 10	7
1970s	51	9 of 10	6
1980s	24	6 of 10	4
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	8	2 of 10	4
2010s	46	7 of 10	7
2020s	44	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Delia appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Delia's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1353	24	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1325	24	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#809	44	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#699	54	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#720	51	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#703	55	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#745	53	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#753	53	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#897	41	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1033	34	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1341	24	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1433	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1665	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2022	12	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#556	6	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#445	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#430	9	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#495	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#457	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#436	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#515	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#519	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#483	4	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#420	5	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#469	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	5	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	8	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#307	7	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#351	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	10	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 55 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 57 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Delila · #2689, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adil · #231, 50y
Julius · #231, 55y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Norbert · #241, 45y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Honor · #234, 45y
Roberta · #234, 57y
Ciaron · #235, 19y
Genevieve · #235, 61y

Delia was ranked #234 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Delia and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Delia without appearing here.

Delia moved ahead of

Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1341 and #5691.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1991 and #5876.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1991 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1433 and #4739.
Finn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4798 and #3382 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.

Moved ahead of Delia

Audrey Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1646 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1319.
Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2416 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.
Maja Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1646 and #1914 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1571.
Riley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1646 and #1755 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3142 and #1823.

Moved the opposite way to Delia

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 while Ada went from #372 to #45.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 while Amelia went from #300 to #12.
Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 while Annie went from #112 to #33.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 while Aoife went from #206 to #34.

Moved the same way as Delia

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 and Alison from #146 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 and Amanda from #118 to #608.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 and Angela from #24 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Delia went from #234 to #483 and Ann from #4 to #443.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #234 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Delia

Delia at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Delia across 2 official records

Delia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Delia appears in

Popularity data

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Delia at a glance

Delia across 2 official records

Delia by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Delia appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Delia

Delia and the names beside it

Delia moved ahead of

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