Delsie
Delsie is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 881st, in 1905.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192040 births
- Best rank
- #881in 1905
- Since 1884
- 1,438people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,438 girls have been named Delsie in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 40 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 40 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 25%. It has spent 4 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delsie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 57 | |
| 1900s | 110 | |
| 1910s | 245 | |
| 1920s | 356 | |
| 1930s | 221 | |
| 1940s | 149 | |
| 1950s | 124 | |
| 1960s | 79 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 19 | |
| 2010s | 18 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Delsie was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1920 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Delsie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marvelpeak 1929
- Buelahpeak 1927
- Versiepeak 1914
- Corenepeak 1922
- Freedapeak 1924
- Alberthapeak 1922
- Jewellpeak 1920
- Ermapeak 1920
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.