Delia

“From Delos, an epithet of the goddess Artemis” — Ancient Greek origin

Girl's name · #1561 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Delia holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#1561 in 2025). About 37,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Around the world: about 1 in 850 girls in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 3,000 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,000 girls in Austria (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Delias

Delia Derbyshire — English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001)
Delia Grigore — Romanian Romani writer, philologist, academic and Romani rights activist
Delia Owens — American author and zoologist
Delia Boccardo — Italian actress (born 1948)
Delia Fiallo — Cuban author and screenwriter (1924–2021)

In stories & tradition

Delia Ketchum — Pokémon · Pokémon Live!
Delia Ryan — fictional human
Delia Dale — The Sunshine Girl

What Delias become

Among 285 notable people named Delia:

Entertainers appear 1.63× more often than among typical names — e.g. Delia Derbyshire, English musician and composer of electronic music (1937–2001).

Similar names: Susanna · Delylah · Celia · Corinne · Melia · Ofelia

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