girl's name

Delila

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,801

Delila is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2008, when 118 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 73,676 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 2.

Delila over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Delila by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 56
1890s 84
1900s 67
1910s 158
1920s 214
1930s 210
1940s 227
1950s 181
1960s 122
1970s 191
1980s 282
1990s 237
2000s 639
2010s 635
2020s (to 2025) 271

How popular is Delila?

In 2025, Delila was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Delila is used

Canada #1,790 12 in 2013
United States #3,408 45 in 2025
England & Wales #4,480 5 in 2025
France #6,115 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Delila

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Delila also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Delila over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Delila

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Delila — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Delila

How popular is the name Delila?

In 2025, Delila was given to 45 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Delila a girl's or a boy's name?

Delila is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Delila?

Delila has 3 syllables.

When was Delila most popular?

Delila peaked in 2008, when 118 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Delila a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Delila currently ranks #3,408 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.