Delphine

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Delphine is a feminine Francophone given name, a form of the Latin Delphina, meaning woman from Delphi, the "Navel of the Earth" or "Womb of Gaia", home of the Pythia, high priestess and oracle of the Temple of Apollo, the then most prestigious and authoritative oracle for the Ancient Greeks, and among the most powerful women of the classical world from 7th century BC until the late 4th century AD.

From Wikipedia

Delphine first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1958 with 348 babies (rank #520 that year). In 2024 it was given to 42 girls (rank #3,651). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Delphine

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

1Destiny numberThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

10,440

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

348

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Delphine

Delphine Seyrigfilm actor · b. 1932
Delphine de Girardinsalonnière · b. 1804
Delphine de Viganfilm screenwriter · b. 1966
Delphine Cascarinoassociation football player · b. 1997

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#854
1881	9	#590
1882	10	#605
1883	15	#502
1884	9	#748
1885	5	#1,083
1886	11	#701
1887	12	#669
1888	14	#693
1889	12	#764
1890	17	#646
1891	10	#904
1892	16	#735
1893	16	#748
1894	21	#647
1895	13	#901
1896	17	#794
1897	18	#744
1898	20	#755
1899	14	#885
1900	36	#582
1901	21	#704
1902	26	#655
1903	20	#765
1904	28	#657
1905	27	#687
1906	30	#664
1907	30	#694
1908	32	#681
1909	37	#648
1910	52	#571
1911	57	#567
1912	77	#555
1913	66	#638
1914	107	#542
1915	123	#586
1916	137	#573
1917	130	#599
1918	125	#633
1919	147	#570
1920	165	#560
1921	201	#488
1922	180	#523
1923	199	#491
1924	223	#466
1925	204	#490
1926	203	#489
1927	237	#452
1928	242	#433
1929	226	#437
1930	242	#427
1931	220	#435
1932	187	#483
1933	180	#478
1934	170	#491
1935	160	#506
1936	163	#512
1937	144	#566
1938	138	#586
1939	126	#600
1940	116	#646
1941	117	#655
1942	111	#708
1943	117	#711
1944	100	#764
1945	89	#799
1946	91	#867
1947	81	#979
1948	95	#891
1949	88	#953
1950	104	#870
1951	141	#739
1952	150	#726
1953	136	#789
1954	140	#794
1955	120	#891
1956	154	#799
1957	132	#888
1958	348	#520
1959	251	#628
1960	192	#730
1961	168	#809
1962	136	#905
1963	92	#1,143
1964	106	#1,054
1965	86	#1,150
1966	56	#1,477
1967	55	#1,510
1968	52	#1,597
1969	44	#1,875
1970	44	#1,934
1971	59	#1,601
1972	38	#2,067
1973	41	#1,984
1974	37	#2,183
1975	32	#2,466
1976	24	#3,028
1977	23	#3,295
1978	21	#3,534
1979	24	#3,362
1980	23	#3,531
1981	15	#4,782
1982	18	#4,208
1983	11	#5,912
1984	12	#5,625
1985	11	#6,135
1986	11	#6,266
1987	16	#4,903
1988	8	#8,593
1989	16	#5,352
1990	6	#11,768
1991	8	#9,566
1992	13	#6,741
1993	11	#7,636
1994	10	#8,296
1995	14	#6,348
1996	7	#10,863
1997	14	#6,574
1998	11	#8,141
1999	9	#9,700
2000	11	#8,720
2001	10	#9,564
2002	7	#12,552
2003	17	#6,674
2004	17	#6,864
2005	12	#9,048
2006	20	#6,426
2007	11	#10,311
2008	18	#7,152
2009	31	#4,714
2010	24	#5,662
2011	26	#5,246
2012	35	#4,235
2013	36	#4,093
2014	35	#4,204
2015	60	#2,895
2016	46	#3,423
2017	43	#3,575
2018	49	#3,259
2019	43	#3,564
2020	42	#3,562
2021	41	#3,690
2022	51	#3,179
2023	43	#3,604
2024	42	#3,651