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Delia

Gender
Girl
Say it
DEE-lee-a
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#1,642 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,561 for girls

Delia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Delos”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 1,561st for girls in the US (135 babies).

What does Delia mean?

Greek: Greek epithet of Artemis; also a short form of Cordelia

“from Delos”

A title of the goddess Artemis, who was born on the Greek island of Delos.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Delia a girl's or a boy's name?

Delia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 135 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Delia in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,642nd among girls
Babies in 2025
19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 57% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Delia, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 776th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 61 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Delia than any year since 2012.

Half of all the girls named Delia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 61 in 20212025
Delia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#1,642
202424#1,397
202325#1,360
202245#847
202161#682
202052#776
201955#760
201853#793
201754#799
201641#956
201534#1,108
201426#1,336
201322#1,505
201215#2,005
201117#1,755
201015#1,912
200910#2,478
200812#2,156
20077#3,060
20067#2,940
20053#4,976
20044#3,916
20036#2,877
20027#2,436
20015#2,928
20006#2,554
19990–
19984#3,310
19970–
199610#1,741

How popular is Delia in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,561st among girls
Babies in 2025
135 about 1 in 12,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 135 girls in the US were named Delia, making it the 1,561st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,343rd. Its busiest year was 1957, with 490 girls.

Half of all the girls named Delia in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1980. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 153 girls in the US were given Delia or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,265, up from #1,561 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 490 in 19572025
Delia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025135#1,561
2024143#1,509
2023154#1,446
2022130#1,621
2021147#1,460
2020164#1,343
2019152#1,452
2018161#1,391
2017171#1,353
2016183#1,307
2015197#1,239
2014217#1,147
2013178#1,319
2012219#1,125
2011250#1,007
2010245#1,021
2009227#1,116
2008229#1,126
2007272#985
2006238#1,068
2005261#947
2004247#970
2003248#945
2002198#1,072
2001205#1,044
2000221#956
1999236#895
1998246#862
1997232#874
1996187#1,002
1995217#874
1994172#1,053
1993226#855
1992199#961
1991230#866
1990246#808
1989219#846
1988187#913
1987199#858
1986193#856
1985185#863
1984202#792
1983266#646
1982223#747
1981254#685
1980285#639
1979280#625
1978289#589
1977334#539
1976325#537
1975271#594
1974240#638
1973307#543
1972296#558
1971307#572
1970327#560
1969298#569
1968312#547
1967313#532
1966340#513
1965363#497
1964433#465
1963436#464
1962415#474
1961468#453
1960478#445
1959488#436
1958457#446
1957490#423
1956479#413
1955465#404
1954457#404
1953480#388
1952452#388
1951419#402
1950402#398
1949413#387
1948357#417
1947377#416
1946336#419
1945271#436
1944286#424
1943306#420
1942327#394
1941284#403
1940256#426
1939268#411
1938265#413
1937284#385
1936252#404
1935265#397
1934290#370
1933328#344
1932296#376
1931311#365
1930294#396
1929302#385
1928297#387
1927294#400
1926282#405
1925272#417
1924289#405
1923293#387
1922247#423
1921271#410
1920282#393
1919300#374
1918294#381
1917283#376
1916267#383
1915280#358
1914248#335
1913198#344
1912171#350
1911170#303
1910149#314
1909147#295
1908168#272
1907162#271
1906125#294
1905171#243
1904184#226
1903145#253
1902132#271
1901164#224
1900231#207
1899180#207
1898179#215
1897186#203
1896190#200
1895193#195
1894172#203
1893194#181
1892203#177
1891177#180
1890197#172
1889182#164
1888200#155
1887150#163
1886169#146
1885155#144
1884145#147
1883162#128
1882143#126
1881111#141
1880129#126

Nicknames for Delia

Names like Delia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Ophelia, Sophia, Matilda, Cora, Dorothy, Ada, Rosa, Eliza, Julia, Lydia, Amelia, Eva

Other spellings of Delia

Deliah

Names related to Delia

Delilah, Dalia, Della, Dela, Delila, Delyla, Deliyah

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris

Every Greek name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Delia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delia, updated 20 October 2026.