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
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 37 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,377since 1919
Delaine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | — | |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #7,891 | 14 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | — | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,599 | 28 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #2,003 | 39 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,659 | 47 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,420 | 62 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,655 | 46 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,588 | 46 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,581 | 45 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,347 | 56 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #1,248 | 60 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,333 | 52 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #1,234 | 56 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,298 | 50 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #1,228 | 54 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,433 | 32 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,367 | 35 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,810 | 20 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,797 | 19 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #1,493 | 25 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #1,165 | 37 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #1,663 | 21 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #1,481 | 25 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #1,364 | 28 | #1,997 | 13 |
| 1932 | #1,421 | 28 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #2,003 | 14 |
| 1930 | #1,934 | 18 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #2,489 | 14 | — | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,011 | 7 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 | — | |
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Delaine is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more girls named Delaine in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Delaine
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 146 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #14,942)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1936 at #1,165 (37 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 38 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 22.5% of all girls named Delaine (535) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,251 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,828 (1927) | #2,781 |
| 1930s | 240 | #1,165 (1936) | #1,587 |
| 1940s | 350 | #1,228 (1947) | #1,473 |
| 1950s | 535 | #1,229 (1954) | #1,385 |
| 1960s | 483 | #1,403 (1963) | #1,665 |
| 1970s | 213 | #1,986 (1970) | #3,603 |
| 1980s | 138 | #3,874 (1984) | #5,497 |
| 1990s | 122 | #5,659 (1991) | #7,282 |
| 2000s | 106 | #6,208 (2000) | #10,335 |
| 2010s | 43 | #9,150 (2011) | #13,668 |
| 2020s | 22 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 34,652 of them was named Delaine, which outranked 74.3% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,272Trula34
- #1,272Vanda34
- #1,272Veola34
- #1,294Delaine33
- #1,294Concha33
- #1,294Coral33
- #1,294Corina33
- #1,313Aida32
- #1,313Arvella32
- #1,313Belle32
Tied with 18 names at #1,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.