Delina
Feminine
Delina is a nineteenth-century American name of the kind that grew out of longer ones and then quietly stopped needing them. It belongs to the same generation as Adaline, Selina and Melvina.
How old is the name Delina?
Delina first appears in US birth records in 1887 — 138 years ago. The typical Delina alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 1,700 people named Delina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Delina most popular?
Delina peaked in 1887, reaching #1147 nationally. Today it ranks #3249, 2,102 places below that high. See the whole 1887 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Delina
Nineteenth-century America produced a great many women's names ending in -ina and -ine, some inherited and some made on the spot: Adelina, Melvina, Almina, Delina. Census takers wrote down what families said, and the result was a large and cheerfully irregular set of names that existed in the records and nowhere else. Delina is one of them, in continuous if quiet use from the 1880s onward.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No independent origin is documented. Delina appears in American records beside Adelina, Cordelia and Delia, and is generally treated as a short or altered form of one of them; each of those has its own quite separate history and none is established as the source.
Pronouncing Delina
duh-LEE-nah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. Some families say DEL-in-ah.
Nicknames for Delina
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1887
- Most girls named
- 202548 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1147reached in 1887
- Change vs 2023
- +9.1%48 in 2025, from 44
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Delina in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adelina in English — related form
- Delina in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Georgia.
Delinas among us
people named Delina are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 33,485 born in 2025 was named Delina
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Delina sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Delina is headed
Delina should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Delina beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Delina in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Genuine nineteenth-century American history under its own name.
- Lina and Del are both usable short forms with lives of their own.
- Open vowels make it easy in English, Spanish and Italian alike.
- Delina, Adelina and Delaina are close enough to be confused in speech and writing.
- The stress is unsettled between the first and second syllables.
- There is no documented meaning, only a family of longer names it may have come from.
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Frequently asked
- How many Delinas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Delina are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Delina in 2025?
- Delina ranks #3249 among US girl names in 2025, with 48 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Delina?
- About 1 in every 33,485 US girls born in 2025 was named Delina — 48 in all.
- Will my child share the name Delina with classmates?
- Delina will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Delina
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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