Delia
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Delia
Delia is a somewhat neglected southern charmer that stands on its own but also might be short for Adelia or Cordelia.
Delia's name is based on that of the Greek island of Delos, which in Greek myth was the home of Apollo and Artemis and was an epithet of the moon goddess Artemis, and later taken up by the seventeenth century pastoral poets.
In Britain it has been associated with the cookbook writer and broadcaster Delia Smith; in the U.S. with novelist/screenwriter Delia Ephron, who often collaborated with her sister Nora. There have been characters named Delia on Everwood and Ghost Whisperer.
Delia is also given to boys.
Pronounced DEE-luh.
As of October 2026, Delia ranked #1561 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #126 in 1882, Nameberry popularity #510.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,151 | 216 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,240 | 197 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,307 | 183 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,355 | 171 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,398 | 160 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,454 | 152 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,343 | 164 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,461 | 147 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,624 | 130 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,443 | 154 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,522 | 141 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,561 | 135 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Delia for girls
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Delia on lists
Famous Delias
- Delia EphronGirl
American writer
- Delia Ann DerbyshireGirl
English musician
- Delia Salter BaconGirl
American writer
- Delia MatacheGirl
Romanian singer
- Delia ParodiGirl
first Argentine woman to hold a government post
- Delia "Chikita" GonzalezGirl
American boxer
- Cordelia Caroline "Delia" ShermanGirl
American fantasy novelist
- Delia BoccardoGirl
Italian actress
Delia in pop culture
- "Delia's GoneGirl
" folk song
- Delia KetchumGirl
mother in the Pokemon series
- Delia "Dilly" DedalusGirl
younger sister of Stephen Dedalus, mentioned in James Joyce's "Ulysses"
- Delia BrownGirl
character on "Everwood"
- Delia BanksGirl
character on "Ghost Whisperer"
- Delia RalstonGirl
character from Edith Wharton's 1924 novella "The Old Maid"
- Delia DelfanoGirl
main character on TV's "I Didn't Do It"
- DeliaGirl
character in Sarah Dessen's "The Truth About Forever"
- Delia BusbyGirl
character in Call the Midwife
- Delia DeetzGirl
step,mother of Lydia Deetz in "Beetlejuice"
- Cordelia "Delia" Katherine Valentine AbbottGirl
daughter of Chloe Mitchell & Billy Abbott on "The Young and the Restless"
- DeliaGirl
Barbie 12 dancing princesses