Delijah
The Story of Delijah
As a girl name
Delijah first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1999, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1999: 10 births, good for #8,805 nationwide. About 76% of every Delijah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Delijah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 42 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Delijah as a boy name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 2024 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Delijah — #6,443 in the national rankings. About 38% of every Delijah on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Delijah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 13 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 47 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Delijah
Delijah is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 47 births in the dataset. Delijah's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #6,443. Use the chart and map above to compare Delijah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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