Delois
Delois is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 445th, in 1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1948321 births
- Best rank
- #445in 1948
- Since 1912
- 8,500people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,500 girls have been named Delois in the United States since 1912, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1948, with 321 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 321 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1947, and the 1940s alone account for 29%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delois | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 168 | |
| 1920s | 649 | |
| 1930s | 1,539 | |
| 1940s | 2,495 | |
| 1950s | 2,346 | |
| 1960s | 952 | |
| 1970s | 218 | |
| 1980s | 92 | |
| 1990s | 41 |
In 1948, its biggest year
Delois was the 445th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1948 were Linda, Mary, Barbara, Patricia and Susan. See all of 1948.
Names that rose and fell with Delois
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Delorisepeak 1948
- Barbarapeak 1947
- Peggypeak 1958
- Beverlypeak 1953
- Clarethapeak 1948
- Georgiannpeak 1948
- Patriciapeak 1951
- Joycepeak 1942
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.