Delaia

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Delaia by the numbers

Delaia was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Delaia

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delaia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
  • Delana5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delaina11 in the US (2017)
  • Delaila8 in the US (2017)
  • Delara8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delaya5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Delaia

Names that are said the same way as Delaia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Deliahdelicate; a variant spelling of Delilah21 in the US (2017)
  • Delayah12 in the US (2017)
  • Deleah7 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Delaia

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