Delta
Meaning
fourth letter of the Greek alphabet; also a river mouth
Delta in song
Delta Dawn
Tanya Tucker (1972)
A thirteen-year-old Tanya Tucker singing about a faded Southern woman still waiting for a man who is never coming back, and a year later Helen Reddy took it to number one.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Delta peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
425 people · the #14,960 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 500,000 · median age 60
Among people named Delta living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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