Delani
#1,467 for girls in 2025, 146 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 96.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 166 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,068since 1978
Delani over time
Rank among girls' names. Delani has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,467 | 146 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | #1,369 | 166 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #1,391 | 161 | #7,289 | 11 |
| 2022 | #1,670 | 126 | #7,768 | 10 |
| 2021 | #2,103 | 90 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #2,416 | 72 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #2,285 | 79 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,782 | 61 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,320 | 79 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,902 | 58 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #3,389 | 47 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,314 | 48 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,364 | 48 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #3,624 | 43 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,670 | 63 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,589 | 64 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,800 | 55 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #2,780 | 54 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,091 | 45 | — | |
| 2000 | #3,271 | 41 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,313 | 38 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,897 | 28 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,059 | 26 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Delani! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978–1988, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Delani is popular in 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#547 · 1 in 2,314
- South Carolina#633 · 1 in 2,603
- Georgia#760 · 1 in 3,501
- Louisiana#800 · 1 in 3,412
- Virginia#852 · 1 in 4,255
Best ever in a state: #441 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #547 | 9 | 1 in 2,314 |
| South Carolina | #633 | 7 | 1 in 2,603 |
| Georgia | #760 | 13 | 1 in 3,501 |
| Louisiana | #800 | 5 | 1 in 3,412 |
| Virginia | #852 | 8 | 1 in 4,255 |
| North Carolina | #971 | 9 | 1 in 5,136 |
| Tennessee | #1,027 | 6 | 1 in 5,336 |
| Illinois | #1,035 | 8 | 1 in 5,617 |
| Florida | #1,166 | 12 | 1 in 7,192 |
| Michigan | #1,216 | 5 | 1 in 7,151 |
| Ohio | #1,251 | 6 | 1 in 7,799 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,385 | 5 | 1 in 9,267 |
| California | #1,539 | 15 | 1 in 11,044 |
| Texas | #1,566 | 15 | 1 in 10,891 |
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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 Delani
- 98 spots since 2024 (#1,369 → #1,467)
- 949 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #1,467)
- 1,922 spots since 2015 (#3,389 → #1,467)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2024 at #1,369 (166 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,760 girls born in 2024 were named Delani (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,009 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 36.8% of all girls named Delani (761) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #9,750 (1978) | #9,750 |
| 1980s | 8 | #8,761 (1989) | #8,761 |
| 1990s | 196 | #3,313 (1999) | #6,862 |
| 2000s | 541 | #2,589 (2004) | #2,969 |
| 2010s | 557 | #2,285 (2019) | #3,077 |
| 2020s | 761 | #1,369 (2024) | #1,736 |
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.
Delani in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 9,760 of them was named Delani, which outranked 92.3% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,363Roslyn167
- #1,363Vayda167
- #1,363Zoie167
- #1,369Delani166
- #1,369Ayesha166
- #1,369Beatrix166
- #1,369Stori166
- #1,374Ahlani165
- #1,374Cattaleya165
- #1,374Kollins165
Tied with 4 names at #1,369; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 215,361 of them was named Delani, which outranked 37.1% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,312Zoel9
- #8,312Zoro9
- #8,312Zubin9
- #8,987Delani8
- #8,987Aadish8
- #8,987Aashir8
- #8,987Aason8
- #9,894Aadhi7
- #9,894Aadhyan7
- #9,894Aamari7
Tied with 906 names at #8,987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.