Delano
Last seen for girls in 1980 at #10,392 · #4,139 for boys in 2025, 25 births
Given to boys 98.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1933 · 316 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,531since 1914
Delano over time
Rank among boys' names. Delano has never cracked the top 300 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 | — | #4,139 | 25 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,575 | 51 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,344 | 35 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,180 | 37 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,925 | 40 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,636 | 30 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,607 | 30 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,637 | 47 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,783 | 43 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,528 | 49 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,622 | 46 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,189 | 34 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,326 | 55 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,437 | 51 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,401 | 53 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,337 | 55 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,477 | 49 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,265 | 52 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,419 | 46 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,019 | 54 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,816 | 61 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,504 | 80 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,624 | 66 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,719 | 59 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,096 | 42 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,599 | 61 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,456 | 67 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,643 | 55 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,493 | 62 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,359 | 69 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,170 | 89 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,259 | 77 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,362 | 65 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,189 | 72 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,612 | 43 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,385 | 51 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,504 | 44 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,429 | 44 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,320 | 50 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,246 | 54 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #1,103 | 67 |
| 1979 | — | #1,241 | 55 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,474 | 40 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,238 | 49 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,084 | 60 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,082 | 58 | |
| 1973 | — | #987 | 67 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,177 | 48 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,127 | 53 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,043 | 61 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,008 | 58 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,057 | 49 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,102 | 45 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,016 | 51 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,106 | 45 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,025 | 54 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,100 | 48 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,082 | 50 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,042 | 56 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,072 | 52 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,068 | 52 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,204 | 41 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,165 | 44 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,418 | 30 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,370 | 31 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,311 | 33 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,378 | 30 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | — | #1,774 | 18 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,272 | 32 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #1,081 | 45 |
| 1946 | — | #952 | 49 | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | #558 | 115 |
| 1944 | — | #1,085 | 37 | |
| 1943 | — | #969 | 48 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #821 | 62 |
| 1941 | — | #678 | 81 | |
| 1940 | — | #830 | 57 | |
| 1939 | — | #829 | 54 | |
| 1938 | — | #715 | 73 | |
| 1937 | — | #493 | 135 | |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #459 | 150 |
| 1935 | — | #531 | 118 | |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 | #378 | 209 |
| 1933 | #2,275 | 13 | #302 | 316 |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | #677 | 81 |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #4,151 | 5 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
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| 1925 | — | #4,197 | 5 | |
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| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Delano! It came in at #2,915, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Delano
- 534 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #4,139)
- 1,214 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #4,139)
- 1,611 spots since 2015 (#2,528 → #4,139)
- Biggest jump: 2,418 spots in 1932 (#3,095 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1946 (#558 → #952)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1933 at #302 (316 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1932–1943
- Highest: 1 in 3,138 boys born in 1933 were named Delano (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 68,323 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Delano (1,151) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #2,915 (1914) | #3,448 |
| 1920s | 19 | #2,986 (1921) | #3,778 |
| 1930s | 1,151 | #302 (1933) | #1,050 |
| 1940s | 561 | #558 (1945) | #946 |
| 1950s | 334 | #1,068 (1959) | #1,354 |
| 1960s | 508 | #1,008 (1969) | #1,061 |
| 1970s | 543 | #987 (1973) | #1,167 |
| 1980s | 540 | #1,103 (1980) | #1,347 |
| 1990s | 647 | #1,170 (1991) | #1,542 |
| 2000s | 564 | #1,504 (2000) | #2,154 |
| 2010s | 434 | #2,326 (2012) | #2,828 |
| 2020s | 219 | #2,575 (2023) | #3,295 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Delano in 1942
Top girls' names in 1942
Top boys' names in 1942
More about 1942
girls
1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 225,120 of them was named Delano, which outranked 23.3% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,738Zera7
- #3,738Zondra7
- #3,738Zylphia7
- #4,124Delano6
- #4,124Aaron6
- #4,124Adair6
- #4,124Adel6
- #4,622Adda5
- #4,622Adelene5
- #4,622Adina5
Tied with 497 names at #4,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 22,277 of them was named Delano, which outranked 79.7% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #812Randal63
- #812Randell63
- #812Sherrill63
- #821Delano62
- #821Cornell62
- #821Delton62
- #821Dorothy62
- #834Berry61
- #834Darell61
- #834Glendon61
Tied with 12 names at #821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.