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Delphine

#3,591 in 2025Girls' name

Form of Delphina

Delphine has been given to 10,481 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #3,591 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1958, with 348 recorded.

Babies named Delphine, 2025

1 in 78,900

Delphine over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Delphine: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Delphina

Ancient Greek, French and Latin

What Delphine means

Delphine is a form of Delphina.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Delphine → Delphina. The family’s meaning is “of Delphi”, recorded in the naming reference for Delphina.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

French form of Latin Delphina, meaning woman from Delphi; Bl. Delphine of Glandèves was a 14th century nun from Provence.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Delphine (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Delphine is used in English and French. Its origins include Ancient Greek, French and Latin.

Delphine comes through Latin Delphina.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Delphina.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Delphine is pronounced /dɛlˈfiːn/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 10,448 girls were recorded with the name Delphine between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 348 in 1958; its best national rank was #427 in 1930.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,562 in 2020 to #3,591 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,895 in 2015 to #3,591 in 2025.

In the United States, 33 boys were recorded with the name Delphine between 1914 and 1933. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1929; its best national rank was #3,306 in 1929.

How common is Delphine?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 78,900
42 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 38,300
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,591
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
54,713 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Delphine sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 54,713 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Delphine. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Delphines were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Delphine was born before 1938 — so the typical Delphine is around 87 today.

Median birth year
1938
About 87 years old
Biggest decade
1920s
19.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
7.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
4,062
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1920s — 19.9% of all recorded uses (2,080).

Is Delphine rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+66
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−29
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−696
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
12.1%
Peak was 1958 (348)
Years since peak
67
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
24.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#427
1930

Spellings of Delphine

Delphine is the most-used spelling, taking 53.6% of the 19,483 babies given a near-identical spelling.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Delphine is used

Across 1910–2025, Delphine was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 4,167 girls, against 1 in 25,001 across all states with data. It was least common in Tennessee (1 in —).

024 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 4,167
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 8,333
  3. 3South Carolina1 in 10,000
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 12,500
  5. 5North Dakota1 in 14,286
  6. 6Illinois1 in 16,667
  7. 7Pennsylvania1 in 16,667
  8. 8Louisiana1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Delphine has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Delphine around the world

Where Delphine ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #894
    in 2025
  • Northern Ireland
    2009–2009
    #419
    in 2009
  • France
    1900–2025
    #2,461
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #460
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–1968
    #679
    in 1968

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Delphine

People whose public names include Delphine, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Delphine in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Delphine. Linked forms have their own page here.

Delfina

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Delphine by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,591
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 29
Best rank ever
#427
1930
Peak year
1958
348 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
10,448
Count in 2025
42

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,306
1929
Peak year
1929
7 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
1933
All-time count
33
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Delphine

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

DelaineDelanieGermaineEmmalineDelaineyDelphiaKathrineCoralineDelfinaCharlineEmmelineSunshineMadalineCelestineJeannineMaurineDeliciaRosalineDelaneyKarolineJoselineYasmineJaquelineDelana

Names with a curve like Delphine

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Delphine, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

RowenaRethaFreidaVeldaDelmaGildaGeorgeMargretMariettaCelestineGermaineDorcas

Sibling names for Delphine

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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