Delaney
#242 for girls in 2025, 1,283 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 97.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2004 · 2,002 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 45,437since 1939
Delaney over time
Rank among girls' names. Delaney has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | #242 | 1,283 | #6,803 | 12 |
| 2024 | #216 | 1,435 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #235 | 1,287 | #5,255 | 18 |
| 2022 | #244 | 1,255 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #269 | 1,164 | #6,335 | 13 |
| 2020 | #313 | 1,024 | #5,235 | 17 |
| 2019 | #286 | 1,158 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #249 | 1,315 | #5,770 | 15 |
| 2017 | #251 | 1,266 | #7,095 | 11 |
| 2016 | #263 | 1,207 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #243 | 1,328 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #268 | 1,232 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #249 | 1,280 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #257 | 1,260 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #237 | 1,337 | #5,200 | 17 |
| 2010 | #209 | 1,486 | #5,047 | 18 |
| 2009 | #241 | 1,388 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #210 | 1,622 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #203 | 1,689 | #5,661 | 15 |
| 2006 | #193 | 1,815 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #190 | 1,828 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #169 | 2,002 | #3,368 | 28 |
| 2003 | #175 | 1,856 | #4,276 | 19 |
| 2002 | #181 | 1,765 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #204 | 1,583 | #3,974 | 20 |
| 2000 | #206 | 1,538 | #3,150 | 27 |
| 1999 | #214 | 1,459 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #221 | 1,400 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #258 | 1,120 | #2,750 | 28 |
| 1996 | #265 | 1,080 | #2,911 | 25 |
| 1995 | #328 | 820 | #3,559 | 18 |
| 1994 | #515 | 484 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #570 | 418 | #3,819 | 16 |
| 1992 | #704 | 306 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #878 | 226 | #3,636 | 16 |
| 1990 | #1,008 | 180 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #1,471 | 99 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #3,201 | 15 |
| 1986 | #3,203 | 28 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 | #2,310 | 21 |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | #2,665 | 16 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #2,203 | 18 |
| 1970 | — | #2,509 | 14 | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | #2,139 | 14 | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | — | #2,476 | 11 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #2,848 | 9 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,822 | 9 | |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | — | #3,176 | 7 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,905 | 8 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,681 | 5 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | — | #3,175 | 6 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,268 | 6 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
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| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
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| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Delaney! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1954, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Delaney is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#67 · 1 in 229
- West Virginia#85 · 1 in 326
- Delaware#96 · 1 in 281
- Pennsylvania#114 · 1 in 538
- Ohio#122 · 1 in 569
Best ever in a state: #37 in Delaware, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #67 | 12 | 1 in 229 |
| West Virginia | #85 | 18 | 1 in 326 |
| Delaware | #96 | 9 | 1 in 281 |
| Pennsylvania | #114 | 95 | 1 in 538 |
| Ohio | #122 | 91 | 1 in 569 |
| New Hampshire | #129 | 8 | 1 in 437 |
| Iowa | #133 | 23 | 1 in 542 |
| Wisconsin | #138 | 39 | 1 in 579 |
| Massachusetts | #139 | 41 | 1 in 615 |
| Kansas | #152 | 19 | 1 in 631 |
| Maryland | #167 | 34 | 1 in 685 |
| Indiana | #168 | 41 | 1 in 734 |
| Missouri | #180 | 33 | 1 in 787 |
| Colorado | #182 | 30 | 1 in 754 |
| Oregon | #182 | 21 | 1 in 690 |
| Connecticut | #194 | 15 | 1 in 785 |
| Illinois | #208 | 57 | 1 in 974 |
| Idaho | #211 | 9 | 1 in 702 |
| North Dakota | #214 | 5 | 1 in 611 |
| Minnesota | #215 | 27 | 1 in 886 |
| Tennessee | #216 | 33 | 1 in 927 |
| New Jersey | #223 | 36 | 1 in 999 |
| Nebraska | #225 | 10 | 1 in 786 |
| Michigan | #235 | 40 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Washington | #239 | 30 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Virginia | #250 | 33 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Kentucky | #258 | 17 | 1 in 1,052 |
| Arizona | #291 | 25 | 1 in 1,203 |
| Nevada | #313 | 9 | 1 in 1,204 |
| New York | #324 | 58 | 1 in 1,517 |
| North Carolina | #331 | 31 | 1 in 1,464 |
| Florida | #344 | 52 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Oklahoma | #361 | 11 | 1 in 1,431 |
| Utah | #373 | 11 | 1 in 1,550 |
| South Carolina | #381 | 11 | 1 in 1,614 |
| California | #428 | 92 | 1 in 2,128 |
| Georgia | #449 | 23 | 1 in 2,049 |
| Texas | #452 | 72 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Alabama | #512 | 9 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Louisiana | #648 | 7 | 1 in 2,840 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Delaney
- 26 spots since 2024 (#216 → #242)
- 71 spots since 2020 (#313 → #242)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#243 → #242)
- Biggest jump: 187 spots in 1995 (#515 → #328)
- Biggest drop: 37 spots in 2019 (#249 → #286)
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 2004 at #169 (2,002 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1991–2025
- Highest: 1 in 917 girls born in 2004 were named Delaney (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,253 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 37.6% of all girls named Delaney (17,086) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 12 | #4,740 (1955) | #5,346 |
| 1960s | 30 | #4,866 (1966) | #6,225 |
| 1970s | 159 | #3,236 (1979) | #3,815 |
| 1980s | 335 | #1,471 (1989) | #3,250 |
| 1990s | 7,493 | #214 (1999) | #496 |
| 2000s | 17,086 | #169 (2004) | #197 |
| 2010s | 12,869 | #209 (2010) | #251 |
| 2020s | 7,448 | #216 (2024) | #253 |
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.
Delaney in 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,364 of them was named Delaney, which outranked 98.6% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #248Maggie1,287
- #249Remi1,278
- #250Hope1,271
- #251Delaney1,266
- #251Vivienne1,266
- #253Camille1,264
- #254Mckenna1,255
- #255Gemma1,254
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 168,269 of them was named Delaney, which outranked 50.3% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,685Ziair12
- #6,685Ziyan12
- #6,685Zyonn12
- #7,095Delaney11
- #7,095Aaban11
- #7,095Aalijah11
- #7,095Aashrith11
- #7,546Aadhi10
- #7,546Aakil10
- #7,546Aarian10
Tied with 450 names at #7,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.