Delicia
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning delight or charm.
Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Delicia by the numbers
Delicia was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 101 babies in 1971, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delicia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Deliafrom Delos; epithet of Artemis170 in the US (2017)
- Deliladelicate or weak; variant of Delilah41 in the US (2017)
- Deliliahdelicate, weak; a form of Delilah8 in the US (2017)
- Delphiaof delphi; a feminine form of delphic7 in the US (2017)
- Derickaruler of the people; a form of Derrick6 in the US (2017)
- Delina17 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean joy
Like Delicia, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Delicia
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