Delphine

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Delphine: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #419 in 2009, and it stood at #1,007 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#419highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2738
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#3262
2002	#1928
2003	#1722
2004	#1836
2005	#2084
2006	#2509
2007	#2085
2008	#3005
2009	#3422
2010	#2104
2011	#1729
2012	#1720
2013	#1484
2014	#1798
2015	#1711
2016	#1749
2017	#1817
2018	#1649
2019	#1940
2020	#1618
2021	#1224
2022	#1383
2023	#1056
2024	#1007

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2009: #419 among girls in Northern Ireland, #3422 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1007 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Delphine 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 Delphine in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	81	10 of 10	8
2010s	164	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	135	5 of 10	27

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 27 births a year.

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

Delphine 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #419 in Northern Ireland in 2009.

Delphine'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	#1007	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1056	32	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1383	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1224	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1940	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1817	16	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2104	12	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1722	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1928	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #419, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 35 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 13 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.

Delphi · #1160, 27y
Delphie · #3160, 12y
Delta · #1552, 20y
Delvin · #730, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Alecia · #419, 26y
Eshan · #419, 28y
Aaryan · #420, 25y
Annie-Rose · #418, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aimee-Louise · #419, 17y
Alecia · #419, 26y
Alissa · #419, 29y
Eshan · #419, 28y

Delphine was ranked #419 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2009. 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.

Delphine 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 Delphine without appearing here.

Delphine moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Kristine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3422 and #3031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2104 and #5707.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1484 and #4739.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1817 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1649 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Delphine

Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3247 and #2167.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #2738 and #1666.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1798 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1711 and #1240.
Aria Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1928 and #2540 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #1722 and #1472.

Moved the opposite way to Delphine

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Delphine

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Delphine went from #2350 to #1007 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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #419 in Northern Ireland in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Delphine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Delphine by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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