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Girl's name · #51 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Delilah reached its best rank, #50, in 2024 and ranked #51 in 2025. About 67,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
Already rising, US births of Delilah increased from 539 in 2006 to 1,136 in 2007, when the Plain White T’s took “Hey There Delilah” to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#32 in England & Wales (2025) · #41 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #54 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #72 in New Zealand (2025) · #76 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #122 in Scotland (2025) · #162 in Ireland (2025) · #179 in N. Ireland (2025) · #1,981 in Switzerland (2025) · #135 in Canada (2024).
Among 27 notable people named Delilah:
Entertainers appear 3.11× more often than among typical names — e.g. Delilah, British singer-songwriter.
About 1,500 girls a year are given Lilah as their full name.
Similar names: Lilah · Lia · Delaney · Sadie · Eden · Aria
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