Dela
Girl · DEL-a · Germanic
Dela is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Dela mean?
Germanic: short for Adela or Adelaide
“noble”
A short form of Adela and Adelaide, from the Germanic element adal 'noble'.
- Say it
- DEL-a
Is Dela a girl's or a boy's name?
Dela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 19 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Dela, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 girls.
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were given Dela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Della 31
- Dela 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Dela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
How popular is Dela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Dela, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had the most girls named Dela of any year since it first appeared, in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Dela in the US since 1880 were born between 1931 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 559 girls in the US were given Dela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #541, up from #6,115 for this spelling alone.
- Della 533
- Dela 19
- Dellah 7
Dela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,299 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,272 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,680 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,592 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
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