Delma
Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia.
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Meaning & Origin of Delma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Delma is a genus of lizards in the family Pygopodidae. The genus Delma contains 22 valid described species, all of which are endemic to Australia.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Delma
As a girl name
Delma first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1884, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1926: 205 births, good for #486 nationwide. About 21% of every Delma on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Delma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 8K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Delma first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1905, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1922: 45 births, good for #1,046 nationwide. About 26% of every Delma on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Delma last appeared in the published SSA data in 1982, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Delma
Delma is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1884 and has accumulated 8K births in the dataset. Delma's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #486. Use the chart and map above to compare Delma'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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