Delene
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #8,761
- Peak · girls
- 1951 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 838since 1915
Delene over time
Rank among girls' names. Delene 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
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| 1989 | #8,761 | 8 |
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| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
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| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
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| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,435 | 18 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,057 | 18 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1960 | #1,953 | 34 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 |
| 1958 | #2,167 | 27 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,695 | 17 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 |
| 1939 | #2,592 | 11 |
| 1938 | #2,225 | 14 |
| 1937 | #2,448 | 12 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #2,202 | 15 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,973 | 11 |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
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| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Delene! It came in at #3,134, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Delene
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1989
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1951 at #1,842 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 59,469 girls born in 1960 were named Delene (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 230,444 girls born in 1989 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,842 in 1951, was only 1 in 64,316 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 27.2% of all girls named Delene (228) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 20 | #3,134 (1915) | #3,781 |
| 1920s | 46 | #2,973 (1924) | #3,818 |
| 1930s | 115 | #1,970 (1933) | #2,618 |
| 1940s | 150 | #2,045 (1947) | #2,453 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,842 (1951) | #2,295 |
| 1960s | 207 | #1,953 (1960) | #2,916 |
| 1970s | 58 | #3,435 (1970) | #6,199 |
| 1980s | 14 | #8,761 (1989) | #8,953 |
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.
Delene in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 59,469 of them was named Delene, which outranked 73.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,925Shonna35
- #1,925Tinamarie35
- #1,925Wilhemina35
- #1,953Delene34
- #1,953Alexa34
- #1,953Carlette34
- #1,953Gene34
- #1,982Bruce33
- #1,982Camelia33
- #1,982Charlesetta33
Tied with 28 names at #1,953; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.