Del
Boy · DEL · English
Del is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Del mean?
English: short form of names such as Derek or Delbert
Best known in Britain through Del Boy, the market trader Derek Trotter in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses.
- Say it
- DEL
More on Wiktionary.
Is Del a girl's or a boy's name?
Del is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Del in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 8 boys.
Del in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Del in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Del, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 143 boys. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the boys named Del in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1973, 14% of the babies named Del in the US were girls.
Del in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 17 | #4,157 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 18 | #3,495 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,859 |
| 1989 | 21 | #2,896 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 31 | #1,718 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 33 | #1,607 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 50 | #1,149 |
| 1971 | 61 | #1,043 |
| 1970 | 80 | #898 |
| 1969 | 77 | #873 |
| 1968 | 81 | #821 |
| 1967 | 72 | #843 |
| 1966 | 76 | #835 |
| 1965 | 105 | #724 |
| 1964 | 100 | #763 |
| 1963 | 122 | #703 |
| 1962 | 109 | #733 |
| 1961 | 90 | #802 |
| 1960 | 135 | #671 |
| 1959 | 140 | #650 |
| 1958 | 143 | #643 |
| 1957 | 130 | #664 |
| 1956 | 112 | #698 |
| 1955 | 113 | #690 |
| 1954 | 122 | #655 |
| 1953 | 90 | #748 |
| 1952 | 90 | #741 |
| 1951 | 83 | #765 |
| 1950 | 72 | #799 |
| 1949 | 63 | #865 |
| 1948 | 83 | #736 |
| 1947 | 87 | #736 |
| 1946 | 64 | #819 |
| 1945 | 41 | #994 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,085 |
| 1943 | 49 | #956 |
| 1942 | 50 | #933 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 45 | #952 |
| 1939 | 42 | #976 |
| 1938 | 43 | #963 |
| 1937 | 41 | #982 |
| 1936 | 41 | #972 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,247 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,173 |
| 1933 | 34 | #1,124 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 25 | #1,443 |
| 1928 | 19 | #1,760 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 19 | #1,787 |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,011 |
| 1924 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1923 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 28 | #1,241 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,439 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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