Delight
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- dih-LYTE
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
Delight is a name of English origin, meaning “great pleasure; joy”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies).
What does Delight mean?
English: English word
“great pleasure; joy”
Is Delight a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Delight has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls and 7 boys in the UK.
How popular is Delight in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,344th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 271% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Delight, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. 7 boys were also named Delight in 2025 (3,021st for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Delight of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
In 2025, 63% of the babies named Delight in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Delight in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
Names like Delight
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nellie, Frankie, Hazel, Rosie, Olive, Daisy, Florence, Bonnie, Lottie, Violet, Elsie, Ruby
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Willow, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Hallie, Carter, Harrison, River
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Delight: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delight, updated 20 October 2026.