Delphi

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Delphi: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,160, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1160highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1999	#2770
2000	#2416
2001	#2783
2002	#2868
2003	#1996
2005	#2247
2006	#1862
2007	#2410
2008	#3397
2009	#2148
2010	#2589
2011	#2432
2012	#1991
2013	#3536
2014	#1798
2015	#1497
2016	#2547
2017	#1817
2018	#3178
2019	#1940
2020	#2042
2021	#1505
2022	#1501
2023	#1469
2024	#1160

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1160 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Delphi 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 Delphi in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	15	3 of 10	5
2000s	72	9 of 10	8
2010s	123	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	103	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Delphi appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1160 in England and Wales in 2024.

Delphi'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	#1160	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3536	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2410	9	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1862	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,160, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
20 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,160position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
29births registered in its largest year, 202425 to 49 births →

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.

Delina · #1836, 23y
Della · #393, 31y
Delphie · #3160, 12y
Delphine · #419, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Melis · #1160, 29y
Sydnie · #1160, 28y
Hannan · #1158, 26y
Yakov · #1158, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Charlea · #1160, 15y
Melis · #1160, 29y
Sydnie · #1160, 28y
Axton · #1162, 11y

Delphi 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 Delphi without appearing here.

Delphi moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3178 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1940 and #5591.
Belinda Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #2062 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #4684.
Geraldine Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #4684.
Karin Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3536 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1798 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Delphi

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #1436.
Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1862 and #2137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2410 and #1573.
Frida Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1996 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #1934.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1497 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Delphi

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Delphi

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphi went from #3126 to #1160 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1160 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Delphi

Delphi at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Delphi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Delphi appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Delphi at a glance

Delphi by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Delphi appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Delphi and the names beside it

Delphi moved ahead of

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