How Many People Are Named Delmar?

4,596

people named Delmar are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 74,365 people in the US has this name

Based on 14,376 babies named Delmar in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,908

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,467

See the top 100

Peak Year

1927

360 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: DEL-mər
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which was derived from Norman French de la mare meaning "from the pond".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.5%
Male
99.5%

Of the babies given the name Delmar, 0.5% were girls and 99.5% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Delmar alive today is about 59 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 77 in 2025.

Under 30 660
14.4%
30 to 59 1,308
28.5%
60 and over 2,628
57.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Delmar first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1927, to 360 babies. In 2025, 15 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Delmar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #294, in 1931. In 2025 it ranked #5,917.

Boys
Rank in 2025#5,917
Best rank#294 (1931)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#317 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Delmar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Delmar were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 254 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Delmar was given 4.4 times as often in Nebraska, 3.9 times in South Dakota and 3.6 times in Iowa.

Ohio 254
Illinois 251
Pennsylvania 188
Missouri 159
California 134
Kentucky 125
Indiana 120
Iowa 89
West Virginia 71
Virginia 59
Michigan 56
Wisconsin 54
Minnesota 48
Texas 47
Nebraska 40
Kansas 39
Oklahoma 38
North Carolina 33
New York 32
North Dakota 23
Oregon 23
Washington 22
Tennessee 21
Florida 16
South Dakota 11
Maryland 10
Arkansas 10
Georgia 7
Colorado 4
Idaho 3
Utah 2

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