Delmar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- DEL-mar
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Delmar is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
Where does Delmar come from?
Uncertain; often linked to Spanish del mar, 'of the sea', or the Germanic Adelmar
Is Delmar a girl's or a boy's name?
Delmar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delmar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Delmar, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1931, with 354 boys.
Half of all the boys named Delmar in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delmar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 28 | #3,069 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,089 |
| 1997 | 30 | #2,609 |
| 1996 | 23 | #3,102 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 29 | #2,462 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 43 | #1,804 |
| 1989 | 36 | #1,988 |
| 1988 | 31 | #2,030 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 41 | #1,489 |
| 1982 | 32 | #1,773 |
| 1981 | 52 | #1,270 |
| 1980 | 46 | #1,391 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 55 | #1,187 |
| 1976 | 49 | #1,238 |
| 1975 | 69 | #984 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,135 |
| 1973 | 69 | #971 |
| 1972 | 55 | #1,098 |
| 1971 | 62 | #1,034 |
| 1970 | 80 | #898 |
| 1969 | 66 | #944 |
| 1968 | 69 | #869 |
| 1967 | 75 | #827 |
| 1966 | 65 | #895 |
| 1965 | 77 | #837 |
| 1964 | 77 | #867 |
| 1963 | 106 | #753 |
| 1962 | 92 | #792 |
| 1961 | 91 | #796 |
| 1960 | 106 | #747 |
| 1959 | 106 | #741 |
| 1958 | 90 | #785 |
| 1957 | 134 | #659 |
| 1956 | 126 | #672 |
| 1955 | 125 | #655 |
| 1954 | 154 | #596 |
| 1953 | 145 | #600 |
| 1952 | 138 | #598 |
| 1951 | 158 | #539 |
| 1950 | 147 | #557 |
| 1949 | 146 | #554 |
| 1948 | 170 | #507 |
| 1947 | 217 | #455 |
| 1946 | 183 | #475 |
| 1945 | 149 | #493 |
| 1944 | 169 | #468 |
| 1943 | 215 | #423 |
| 1942 | 217 | #418 |
| 1941 | 239 | #374 |
| 1940 | 227 | #379 |
| 1939 | 275 | #337 |
| 1938 | 263 | #345 |
| 1937 | 259 | #338 |
| 1936 | 305 | #304 |
| 1935 | 289 | #318 |
| 1934 | 303 | #312 |
| 1933 | 310 | #304 |
| 1932 | 304 | #314 |
| 1931 | 354 | #294 |
| 1930 | 332 | #312 |
| 1929 | 300 | #318 |
| 1928 | 332 | #304 |
| 1927 | 353 | #307 |
| 1926 | 314 | #321 |
| 1925 | 328 | #314 |
| 1924 | 292 | #341 |
| 1923 | 313 | #330 |
| 1922 | 310 | #328 |
| 1921 | 330 | #321 |
| 1920 | 335 | #315 |
| 1919 | 302 | #322 |
| 1918 | 285 | #340 |
| 1917 | 274 | #329 |
| 1916 | 223 | #364 |
| 1915 | 205 | #375 |
| 1914 | 159 | #376 |
| 1913 | 111 | #409 |
| 1912 | 107 | #372 |
| 1911 | 53 | #389 |
| 1910 | 31 | #501 |
| 1909 | 55 | #311 |
| 1908 | 29 | #452 |
| 1907 | 39 | #351 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 18 | #549 |
| 1904 | 19 | #492 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 16 | #536 |
| 1901 | 14 | #536 |
| 1900 | 10 | #835 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 12 | #634 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 9 | #778 |
| 1895 | 17 | #491 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 5 | #973 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 7 | #752 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 6 | #835 |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Nicknames for Delmar
Names like Delmar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arthur, Walter, Francis, Louis, Lawrence, William, Robert, Roland, Donald, Edward, Warren, Joseph
Names related to Delmar
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, “Delmar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delmar, updated 20 October 2026.