Delfino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- del-FEE-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Delfino is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “dolphin”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Delfino mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish, from Latin Delphinus
“dolphin”
From the Latin name Delphinus, 'dolphin'; the same word gave France its royal title dauphin.
Is Delfino a girl's or a boy's name?
Delfino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delfino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Delfino, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 1999, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had the fewest boys named Delfino since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Delfino in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delfino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 32 | #2,989 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 38 | #2,515 |
| 2000 | 27 | #3,144 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 25 | #2,976 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,205 |
| 1994 | 33 | #2,342 |
| 1993 | 30 | #2,449 |
| 1992 | 34 | #2,209 |
| 1991 | 23 | #2,822 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 16 | #3,068 |
| 1986 | 20 | #2,598 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 18 | #2,612 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 34 | #1,695 |
| 1979 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1978 | 20 | #2,279 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 13 | #2,658 |
| 1971 | 19 | #2,125 |
| 1970 | 18 | #2,124 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 27 | #1,483 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 28 | #1,484 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,558 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 20 | #1,705 |
| 1953 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,405 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,362 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,537 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 15 | #1,818 |
| 1937 | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 26 | #1,326 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,589 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,602 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,378 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 24 | #1,515 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,583 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 24 | #1,551 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,765 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 19 | #1,820 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,881 |
| 1918 | 22 | #1,595 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 11 | #1,974 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,802 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Delfino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delfino, updated 20 October 2026.