Delphina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- del-FEE-nah
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Delphina is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “from Delphi”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Delphina mean?
Greek: spelling of Delfina; Italian, Spanish and Polish form of Delphine, via Latin Delphina
“from Delphi”
Feminine of Delfino, from Latin Delphinus 'of Delphi', the Greek sanctuary of Apollo.
Meaning borrowed from Delfina. More on Wiktionary.
Is Delphina a girl's or a boy's name?
Delphina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delphina in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Delphina, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Delphina of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Delphina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
How popular is Delphina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Delphina, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1902.
2025 had fewer girls named Delphina than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Delphina in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delphina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,095 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 13 | #2,274 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,343 |
| 1929 | 11 | #2,736 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,568 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,732 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
Nicknames for Delphina
Names like Delphina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Delphina
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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, “Delphina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delphina, updated 20 October 2026.