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

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Peak · girls
1936 · 37 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,377
since 1919

Delaine over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #1,165, 1936peak #1,783, 1934girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#13,4776
2023
2022
2021#13,4646
2020#15,0885
2019#11,3568
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014#16,5135
2013#16,5475
2012#13,4837
2011#9,15012
2010#14,9596
2009#12,4298
2008#8,96513
2007#12,6768
2006#7,48216
2005#7,89114
2004#11,6248
2003#10,4259
2002#13,5956
2001#12,0567
2000#6,20817
1999#7,23913
1998#9,2609
1997#6,48314
1996#8,13210#7,9716
1995#8,07910
1994#6,31914
1993#8,05210
1992#5,71816
1991#5,65916
1990#7,88010
1989#5,04917
1988#7,11110
1987#6,78810#6,9515
1986#6,61210
1985#6,9559
1984#3,87420
1983#4,88414
1982#4,94514
1981#4,00519
1980#4,74315#6,2505
1979#3,66821#5,3556
1978#5,95810
1977#3,91118#5,1236
1976#4,36314
1975#3,63718
1974#4,04115
1973#3,34219
1972#2,52328
1971#2,59928#4,9075
1970#1,98642#3,2829
1969#2,00339
1968#1,74945
1967#1,65947
1966#1,64646
1965#1,63547#3,2447
1964#1,80342#3,6016
1963#1,40363#3,6466
1962#1,67246
1961#1,42062
1960#1,65546#2,31513
1959#1,47853#3,2907
1958#1,37959
1957#1,58846
1956#1,58145
1955#1,34756
1954#1,22965#3,4526
1953#1,24860#3,7985
1952#1,33352#3,0957
1951#1,43443#2,6629
1950#1,23456#3,6815
1949#1,42342
1948#1,29850#3,3166
1947#1,22854
1946#1,53233#3,5255
1945#1,51429
1944#1,43332#3,1096
1943#1,83422
1942#1,36735
1941#1,81020#2,8727
1940#1,29433
1939#1,79719#3,1136
1938#1,80519#2,8687
1937#1,49325#3,5185
1936#1,16537#3,5495
1935#1,66321#3,2526
1934#1,48125#1,78316
1933#1,36428#1,99713
1932#1,42128#2,8498
1931#1,75020#2,00314
1930#1,93418
1929#2,01117#3,2477
1928#1,89720#3,0768
1927#1,82822
1926#2,87211#4,2015
1925#2,48914
1924#3,3939
1923#3,12510#4,2395
1922#4,0117
1921#3,4009
1920
1919#4,2516
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First appearance
1919

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477#14,942)
  • 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088#14,942)
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1936 at #1,165 (37 births)
  • Births halved by 1974, 38 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 28,119
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 22.5% of all girls named Delaine (535) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#4,251 (1919)#4,251
1920s119#1,828 (1927)#2,781
1930s240#1,165 (1936)#1,587
1940s350#1,228 (1947)#1,473
1950s535#1,229 (1954)#1,385
1960s483#1,403 (1963)#1,665
1970s213#1,986 (1970)#3,603
1980s138#3,874 (1984)#5,497
1990s122#5,659 (1991)#7,282
2000s106#6,208 (2000)#10,335
2010s43#9,150 (2011)#13,668
2020s22#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 1969

girls
#2,003
39 births · 1 in 43,257 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #2,003Delaine39
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 43,257 of them was named Delaine, which outranked 77.0% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Delaine
  1. #1,980Torri40
  2. #1,980Trecia40
  3. #1,980Vita40
  4. #2,003Delaine39
  5. #2,003Amee39
  6. #2,003Celine39
  7. #2,003Dierdre39
  8. #2,023Alane38
  9. #2,023Aleshia38
  10. #2,023Alva38

Tied with 19 names at #2,003; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1969