Della is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1917 and has grown less common since.
Della is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #563 for girl births in the United States (and #1,120 across all names), given to 533 babies. Della was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1917 (1,192 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 533 | 533 | #563 | — |
| 2024 | 520 | 520 | #580 | — |
| 2023 | 453 | 453 | #645 | — |
| 2022 | 449 | 449 | #660 | — |
| 2021 | 405 | 405 | #710 | — |
| 2020 | 284 | 284 | #916 | — |
| 2019 | 339 | 339 | #808 | — |
| 2018 | 314 | 314 | #864 | — |
| 2017 | 252 | 252 | #1,028 | — |
| 2016 | 248 | 248 | #1,052 | — |
| 2015 | 218 | 218 | #1,156 | — |
| 2014 | 194 | 194 | #1,249 | — |
| 2013 | 164 | 164 | #1,400 | — |
| 2012 | 174 | 174 | #1,348 | — |
| 2011 | 120 | 120 | #1,724 | — |
| 2010 | 133 | 133 | #1,625 | — |
| 2009 | 115 | 115 | #1,852 | — |
| 2008 | 77 | 77 | #2,469 | — |
| 2007 | 68 | 68 | #2,690 | — |
| 2006 | 87 | 87 | #2,211 | — |
| 2005 | 78 | 78 | #2,300 | — |
| 2004 | 75 | 75 | #2,313 | — |
| 2003 | 68 | 68 | #2,419 | — |
| 2002 | 62 | 62 | #2,530 | — |
| 2001 | 44 | 44 | #3,154 | — |
| 2000 | 45 | 45 | #3,084 | — |
| 1999 | 50 | 50 | #2,751 | — |
| 1998 | 37 | 37 | #3,315 | — |
| 1997 | 42 | — | #2,893 | — |
| 1996 | 54 | — | #2,403 | — |
| 1995 | 53 | — | #2,427 | — |
| 1994 | 57 | — | #2,298 | — |
| 1993 | 49 | — | #2,544 | — |
| 1992 | 59 | — | #2,248 | — |
| 1991 | 55 | — | #2,326 | — |
| 1990 | 56 | — | #2,264 | — |
| 1989 | 79 | — | #1,720 | — |
| 1988 | 64 | — | #1,916 | — |
| 1987 | 62 | — | #1,863 | — |
| 1986 | 84 | — | #1,487 | — |
| 1985 | 59 | — | #1,888 | — |
| 1984 | 74 | — | #1,540 | — |
| 1983 | 90 | — | #1,331 | — |
| 1982 | 96 | — | #1,310 | — |
| 1981 | 98 | — | #1,294 | — |
| 1980 | 108 | — | #1,221 | — |
| 1979 | 115 | — | #1,156 | — |
| 1978 | 119 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1977 | 180 | — | #832 | — |
| 1976 | 145 | — | #908 | — |
| 1975 | 165 | — | #824 | — |
| 1974 | 165 | — | #816 | — |
| 1973 | 173 | — | #775 | — |
| 1972 | 204 | — | #708 | — |
| 1971 | 247 | — | #656 | — |
| 1970 | 291 | — | #599 | — |
| 1969 | 291 | — | #579 | — |
| 1968 | 324 | — | #529 | — |
| 1967 | 326 | — | #523 | — |
| 1966 | 369 | — | #487 | — |
| 1965 | 389 | — | #482 | — |
| 1964 | 469 | — | #454 | — |
| 1963 | 535 | — | #418 | — |
| 1962 | 520 | — | #427 | — |
| 1961 | 615 | — | #389 | — |
| 1960 | 745 | — | #353 | — |
| 1959 | 676 | — | #366 | — |
| 1958 | 663 | — | #359 | — |
| 1957 | 538 | — | #394 | — |
| 1956 | 542 | — | #383 | — |
| 1955 | 590 | — | #359 | — |
| 1954 | 591 | — | #354 | — |
| 1953 | 550 | — | #363 | — |
| 1952 | 614 | — | #334 | — |
| 1951 | 654 | — | #308 | — |
| 1950 | 620 | — | #312 | — |
| 1949 | 574 | — | #324 | — |
| 1948 | 611 | — | #311 | — |
| 1947 | 732 | — | #286 | — |
| 1946 | 588 | — | #305 | — |
| 1945 | 532 | — | #297 | — |
| 1944 | 635 | — | #276 | — |
| 1943 | 682 | — | #269 | — |
| 1942 | 681 | — | #262 | — |
| 1941 | 680 | — | #250 | #2,933 |
| 1940 | 650 | — | #248 | — |
| 1939 | 680 | — | #238 | — |
| 1938 | 748 | — | #223 | — |
| 1937 | 787 | — | #213 | — |
| 1936 | 726 | — | #225 | #3,661 |
| 1935 | 774 | — | #220 | — |
| 1934 | 796 | — | #220 | — |
| 1933 | 855 | — | #206 | #3,765 |
| 1932 | 850 | — | #213 | #3,463 |
| 1931 | 869 | — | #210 | #3,475 |
| 1930 | 887 | — | #207 | — |
| 1929 | 872 | — | #211 | #3,646 |
| 1928 | 905 | — | #209 | #3,139 |
| 1927 | 954 | — | #208 | #3,222 |
| 1926 | 1,015 | — | #196 | #3,809 |
| 1925 | 1,034 | — | #198 | #3,839 |
| 1924 | 1,062 | — | #200 | #2,506 |
| 1923 | 1,131 | — | #192 | #3,922 |
| 1922 | 1,160 | — | #185 | #4,453 |
| 1921 | 1,153 | — | #187 | — |
| 1920 | 1,137 | — | #183 | — |
| 1919 | 1,195 | — | #175 | #4,304 |
| 1918 | 1,162 | — | #177 | — |
| 1917 | 1,198 | — | #168 | #3,646 |
| 1916 | 1,178 | — | #165 | #3,595 |
| 1915 | 1,086 | — | #169 | — |
| 1914 | 879 | — | #165 | — |
| 1913 | 796 | — | #151 | #2,320 |
| 1912 | 733 | — | #148 | — |
| 1911 | 652 | — | #130 | #1,420 |
| 1910 | 602 | — | #137 | — |
| 1909 | 568 | — | #125 | — |
| 1908 | 549 | — | #123 | — |
| 1907 | 582 | — | #113 | — |
| 1906 | 557 | — | #112 | — |
| 1905 | 593 | — | #109 | — |
| 1904 | 613 | — | #102 | #1,096 |
| 1903 | 611 | — | #96 | — |
| 1902 | 609 | — | #96 | — |
| 1901 | 534 | — | #100 | — |
| 1900 | 748 | — | #90 | — |
| 1899 | 600 | — | #91 | #1,086 |
| 1898 | 656 | — | #91 | — |
| 1897 | 624 | — | #87 | — |
| 1896 | 642 | — | #85 | — |
| 1895 | 653 | — | #86 | #1,120 |
| 1894 | 681 | — | #77 | — |
| 1893 | 660 | — | #76 | — |
| 1892 | 666 | — | #76 | — |
| 1891 | 607 | — | #74 | — |
| 1890 | 631 | — | #72 | — |
| 1889 | 606 | — | #72 | — |
| 1888 | 627 | — | #71 | #949 |
| 1887 | 496 | — | #74 | — |
| 1886 | 565 | — | #67 | — |
| 1885 | 500 | — | #71 | — |
| 1884 | 541 | — | #65 | — |
| 1883 | 453 | — | #66 | — |
| 1882 | 447 | — | #66 | — |
| 1881 | 428 | — | #60 | — |
| 1880 | 391 | — | #66 | — |