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Delilah

The name Delilah carries the meaning "delicate, weak or flirtatious". It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2010s than ever before. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.

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EtymologyMeaning "delicate, weak" or "flirtatious"
Births by decade
1900s
195
1910s
501
1920s
605
1930s
539
1940s
740
1950s
1,633
1960s
801
1970s
1,477
1980s
1,895
1990s
1,822
2000s
7,603
2010s
18,761
Peaked in the 2010s · 36,572 total U.S. births since 1900