Delicia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-LISH-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Delicia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “delight, pleasure”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Delicia mean?
Latin: from Latin deliciae 'delight'
“delight, pleasure”
From Latin deliciae, meaning delight or pleasure, the root of the English word delicious.
Is Delicia a girl's or a boy's name?
Delicia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delicia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Delicia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Delicia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Delicia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Delicia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 101 girls. It first appears in the records in 1946.
2025 had more girls named Delicia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Delicia in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delicia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 21 | #6,107 |
| 2011 | 29 | #4,806 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,474 |
| 2006 | 30 | #4,684 |
| 2005 | 47 | #3,253 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 47 | #3,128 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 37 | #3,545 |
| 2000 | 46 | #3,016 |
| 1999 | 49 | #2,779 |
| 1998 | 37 | #3,298 |
| 1997 | 34 | #3,362 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 39 | #2,985 |
| 1992 | 50 | #2,508 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,792 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 56 | #2,066 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,043 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 44 | #2,282 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,148 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 65 | #1,720 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 74 | #1,511 |
| 1977 | 74 | #1,483 |
| 1976 | 60 | #1,638 |
| 1975 | 84 | #1,309 |
| 1974 | 81 | #1,315 |
| 1973 | 82 | #1,266 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 101 | #1,148 |
| 1970 | 71 | #1,444 |
| 1969 | 62 | #1,499 |
| 1968 | 20 | #2,874 |
| 1967 | 20 | #2,781 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,728 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
Names like Delicia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Delicia
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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, “Delicia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delicia, updated 20 October 2026.