How Many People Are Named Delta?
people named Delta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 132,577 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,476 babies named Delta in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
136 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet, Δ. It is also the name for an island formed at the mouth of a river.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Delta, 97.7% were girls and 2.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Delta alive today is about 35 years old, and 47% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Delta first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2019, to 136 babies. In 2025, 78 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Delta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #723, in 1893. In 2025 it ranked #2,337.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,337 |
| Best rank | #723 (1893) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,062 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Delta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Delta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 127 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Delta was given 13.4 times as often in Louisiana, 3.9 times in Mississippi and 2.4 times in Tennessee.
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