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How popular is the name Dela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Delas are alive today.
Dela (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Della in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2022, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2674th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Della you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Dellas born in England and Wales are between 4 and 25, and there are at least 560 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Della - on average, only one in every 563 such rooms contains a Della.
How many babies are named Dela each year?
Includes all spellings: Dela, Della. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Dela spelling rank?
Where does the Della spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Dela most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Della, peaked in 2023, when 50 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Dela spelling itself peaked in 2022, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Dela?
At least 560 people named Dela in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Dela?
Most living Delas are between 4 and 25; the most common age is about 4.
Is Dela becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.