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Delight

Unisex

Meaning of Delight: pleasure or joy

Delight is a unisex name most strongly associated with English naming. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, and it is a genuinely rare and unique choice and 4192nd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

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Not in the US top list

England & Wales 2024

#4192

5 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,051

First recorded 1897 · peak 1946

Trend

stable

Style: rare

Popularity over time

1981: 7 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 5 babies1984: 9 babies1985: 5 babies1986: 8 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 8 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 0 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 0 babies2006: 0 babies2007: 0 babies2008: 5 babies2009: 0 babies2010: 0 babies20102011: 0 babies2012: 0 babies2013: 0 babies2014: 8 babies2015: 6 babies2016: 0 babies2017: 10 babies2018: 7 babies2019: 8 babies2020: 0 babies20202021: 8 babies2022: 5 babies2023: 0 babies2024: 7 babies2025: 0 babies
US babies named Delight per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 10.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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