Della

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Della: Recorded since 1973, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #393, and it stood at #790 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
52years from first to last
#393highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Della's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1434
1997	#1543
1998	#1480
1999	#1473
2000	#2167
2001	#1728
2002	#1530
2003	#1996
2004	#1715
2005	#1589
2006	#1585
2007	#2410
2008	#2721
2009	#3936
2010	#4688
2011	#2432
2012	#2338
2013	#2176
2014	#2058
2015	#2070
2016	#2367
2017	#1512
2018	#2674
2019	#1153
2020	#1556
2021	#1505
2022	#1023
2023	#832
2024	#2253

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 6 of the 52 years from 1973 to 2024.

In 2024: #790 among girls in Scotland, #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2253 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1973–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #402 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1973–2024
Highest recorded position: #393 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1974 (recorded 1973–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2253 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Della appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 408 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1973.

Della 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.

Della'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	#402 (1973)	#393 (1974)	#898 (2024)	6 of 52	22 (1973–2024)	5 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#1434 (1996)	#832 (2023)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	408 (1996–2024)	43 (2023)

Della by decade in England and Wales · 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 Della in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	47	4 of 10	12
2000s	101	10 of 10	10
2010s	133	10 of 10	13
2020sbusiest	127	5 of 10	25

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 25 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2023 and 2024, when recorded births fell by 31, from 43 to 12.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Della 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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 1974.

Della'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	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#832	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1023	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2674	9	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2367	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3936	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1434	12	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#402	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1973 and 2024, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #393, first reached in 1974.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 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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Delphie · #3160, 12y

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.

Amos · #392, 30y
Kyan · #392, 29y
Quinton · #392, 28y
Chiara · #391, 36y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Adelle · #391, 29y
Chiara · #391, 36y
Davida · #396, 10y
Eilen · #396, 27y

Della was ranked #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1974. 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.

Della 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 Della without appearing here.

Della moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2674 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1153 and #5591.
Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #5876.
Kristy Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #2432 and #5785.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2176 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2058 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Della

Rita Compare
In 2023 they stood at #832 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #625.
Frida Compare
In 2023 they stood at #832 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #811.
Meabh Compare
In 2023 they stood at #832 and #1288 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #952.
Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1512 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2674 and #1436.

Moved the opposite way to Della

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Della

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Della went from #1434 to #2253 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 1973 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #393 in Republic of Ireland in 1974. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Della

Della at a glance

What stands out in Della's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Della across 2 official records

Della by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Della appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Della at a glance

What stands out in Della's record

Della across 2 official records

Della by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Della appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Della

Della and the names beside it

Della moved ahead of

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