Delaine
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1996 at #7,971
Given to girls 90.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,377since 1919
Delaine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,347 | 56 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #1,234 | 56 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Delaine! It came in at #4,251, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Delaine
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1936 at #1,165 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,119 girls born in 1936 were named Delaine (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Delaine (535) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,828 (1927) | #2,781 |
| 1930s | 240 | #1,165 (1936) | #1,587 |
| 1940s | 350 | #1,228 (1947) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 535 | #1,229 (1954) | #1,385 |
| 1960s | 483 | #1,403 (1963) | #1,665 |
| 1970s | 213 | #1,986 (1970) | #3,603 |
| 1980s | 138 | #3,874 (1984) | #5,497 |
| 1990s | 122 | #5,659 (1991) | #7,282 |
| 2000s | 106 | #6,208 (2000) | #10,335 |
| 2010s | 43 | #9,150 (2011) | #13,668 |
| 2020s | 22 | #13,464 (2021) | #14,243 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Delaine in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 41,880 of them was named Delaine, which outranked 76.9% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,415Tresa44
- #1,415Valentina44
- #1,415Vita44
- #1,434Delaine43
- #1,434Adella43
- #1,434Annis43
- #1,434Dallas43
- #1,450Arnita42
- #1,450Bobette42
- #1,450Celine42
Tied with 15 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 209,204 of them was named Delaine, which outranked 37.4% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,495Waldon10
- #2,495Wells10
- #2,495Wilfrid10
- #2,662Delaine9
- #2,662Able9
- #2,662Adelaido9
- #2,662Adonis9
- #2,844Abelino8
- #2,844Abran8
- #2,844Albertus8
Tied with 181 names at #2,662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.