Delight
Delight is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 194632 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1897
- 1,051people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,051 girls have been named Delight in the United States since 1897, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 32 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1943, and the 1930s alone account for 17%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delight | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 36 | |
| 1910s | 100 | |
| 1920s | 172 | |
| 1930s | 177 | |
| 1940s | 160 | |
| 1950s | 160 | |
| 1960s | 72 | |
| 1970s | 63 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 8 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 39 | |
| 2020s | 20 |
In 1946, its biggest year
Delight was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Delight
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Herminiapeak 1929
- Norenepeak 1931
- Melvapeak 1938
- Reathapeak 1927
- Jesusapeak 1924
- Rethapeak 1924
- Veldapeak 1920
- Floriapeak 1939
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.