Delma

Primarily a girl's name · Unisex — 85% girls / 15% boys

Origin: Irish

Delma first appears in the data in 1884 and has been recorded in 122 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1926 with 205 babies (rank #486 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Delma

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Delma yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
11PersonalityThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

9,901

Total babies (all years)

122

Years in the data

205

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1884	8	#806
1885	5	#1,082
1886	5	#1,143
1887	7	#968
1889	11	#808
1891	6	#1,237
1892	6	#1,318
1893	10	#970
1894	16	#756
1895	16	#794
1896	18	#765
1897	16	#798
1898	22	#701
1899	19	#733
1900	27	#693
1901	23	#666
1902	26	#654
1903	28	#633
1904	23	#729
1905	39	#558
1906	52	#473
1907	64	#448
1908	54	#493
1909	52	#524
1910	61	#523
1911	68	#502
1912	72	#567
1913	116	#464
1914	132	#479
1915	152	#503
1916	129	#590
1917	147	#557
1918	160	#561
1919	158	#549
1920	145	#596
1921	150	#591
1922	174	#536
1923	189	#505
1924	188	#522
1925	183	#526
1926	205	#486
1927	177	#534
1928	172	#531
1929	162	#532
1930	141	#574
1931	144	#549
1932	156	#524
1933	167	#492
1934	154	#520
1935	146	#533
1936	152	#525
1937	146	#558
1938	126	#609
1939	125	#602
1940	126	#626
1941	107	#678
1942	103	#745
1943	108	#747
1944	90	#807
1945	90	#793
1946	100	#830
1947	105	#855
1948	101	#868
1949	97	#897
1950	94	#918
1951	91	#978
1952	88	#1,004
1953	110	#897
1954	110	#917
1955	126	#866
1956	109	#966
1957	110	#991
1958	122	#933
1959	97	#1,082
1960	92	#1,131
1961	93	#1,136
1962	89	#1,159
1963	86	#1,182
1964	80	#1,231
1965	86	#1,149
1966	68	#1,316
1967	64	#1,375
1968	57	#1,505
1969	56	#1,595
1970	57	#1,639
1971	50	#1,777
1972	41	#1,978
1973	32	#2,364
1974	30	#2,512
1975	34	#2,370
1976	31	#2,559
1977	27	#2,925
1978	33	#2,580
1979	20	#3,805
1980	22	#3,639
1981	18	#4,190
1982	26	#3,276
1983	22	#3,588
1984	11	#5,997
1985	14	#5,128
1986	8	#7,932
1987	12	#6,020
1988	10	#7,262
1989	14	#5,905
1990	14	#6,213
1991	11	#7,537
1992	5	#13,836
1993	9	#8,915
1994	11	#7,744
1995	7	#10,804
1997	8	#10,036
1998	5	#14,748
1999	9	#9,698
2001	9	#10,329
2002	7	#12,550
2005	6	#14,965
2007	7	#14,301
2008	5	#18,245
2012	5	#17,558
2015	7	#13,357
2019	7	#12,777
2023	5	#15,771