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Delia
Pronounced /ˈdiːlɪə/
Rank in 2024
#1,523
Born in 2024
141
Peak year
1957 · #423
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 141 girls were named Delia, about 1 in every 11,441.
- It peaked in 1957 with 490 babies, ranked #423.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 37,173 girls have been named Delia since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Delia per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.3Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,988 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Silent: 5,180 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,301 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,888 babies, 0.19 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,403 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,772 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,993 babies, 0.10 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Δηλίᾱ (Dēlíā), epithet of the goddess Artemis, referring to her birth on the island of Delos.
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈdiːlɪə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Delia, CC BY-SA 4.0.