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Della

Pronounced /ˈdɛlə/

Rank in 2024
#581
Born in 2024
518
Peak year
1917 · #168
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 518 girls were named Della, about 1 in every 3,114.
  • It peaked in 1917 with 1,192 babies, ranked #168.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 70,274 girls have been named Della since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Della per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 1.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.7
    Silent
  3. 0.3
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. <0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.2
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 23,263 babies, 1.14 per 1,000. Silent: 13,566 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Boomers: 11,427 babies, 0.32 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,611 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,089 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,275 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 3,837 babies, 0.19 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Possibly a variant of Adela or Delia. First appeared in the 19th century.

  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈdɛlə/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Della, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoySteady

    Dalia

    Rank
    #861
    Born '24
    312
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19942024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Delia

    Rank
    #1,523
    Born '24
    141
    Origin
    Ancient Greek
    1880peak 19572024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Dolly

    Rank
    #1,628
    Born '24
    127
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19262024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Dayla

    Rank
    #2,270
    Born '24
    82
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20222024