How popular is the name Delma?

Delma ranks 1,556th among girls' names in US records, with 9,901 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 19.

Is Delma a unisex name?

No. Delma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1926, when 205 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,556 of girl names

Pronounced D EH1 L M AH0 (ARPABET)

Delma is a girls' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 9,901 children — the 1,556th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 19 births across the past decade, against a peak of 205 in a single year. That peak was in 1926.

1926Girls: 205Boys: 45

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Delma?: Delma ranks 1,556th among girls' names in US records, with 9,901 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 19.
Is Delma a unisex name?: No. Delma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Delma most popular?: 1926, when 205 children were given the name. It has been in use for 140 years and is still recorded as of 2024.