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 | |
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| 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 2003
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#44 · 1 in 146
- New Hampshire#71 · 1 in 254
- Maine#82 · 1 in 311
- Iowa#85 · 1 in 343
- Oregon#86 · 1 in 377
Best ever in a state: #37 in Delaware, 2013.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #44 | 11 | 1 in 146 |
| New Hampshire | #71 | 18 | 1 in 254 |
| Maine | #82 | 14 | 1 in 311 |
| Iowa | #85 | 40 | 1 in 343 |
| Oregon | #86 | 43 | 1 in 377 |
| Nebraska | #93 | 24 | 1 in 346 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 278 |
| Delaware | #102 | 10 | 1 in 319 |
| Indiana | #104 | 72 | 1 in 450 |
| Missouri | #111 | 58 | 1 in 491 |
| Kansas | #114 | 30 | 1 in 455 |
| Ohio | #114 | 104 | 1 in 560 |
| Wisconsin | #116 | 48 | 1 in 523 |
| Michigan | #120 | 84 | 1 in 584 |
| Pennsylvania | #124 | 95 | 1 in 595 |
| Illinois | #127 | 119 | 1 in 582 |
| Colorado | #130 | 45 | 1 in 561 |
| Massachusetts | #134 | 50 | 1 in 604 |
| Montana | #148 | 6 | 1 in 483 |
| Kentucky | #152 | 30 | 1 in 657 |
| Rhode Island | #152 | 7 | 1 in 557 |
| Maryland | #158 | 35 | 1 in 693 |
| Connecticut | #166 | 20 | 1 in 739 |
| West Virginia | #166 | 11 | 1 in 656 |
| South Dakota | #167 | 6 | 1 in 533 |
| District of Columbia | #175 | 6 | 1 in 563 |
| Florida | #176 | 89 | 1 in 897 |
| Washington | #177 | 38 | 1 in 759 |
| Oklahoma | #179 | 23 | 1 in 723 |
| Minnesota | #183 | 32 | 1 in 810 |
| Nevada | #191 | 14 | 1 in 738 |
| Virginia | #192 | 41 | 1 in 879 |
| New Mexico | #204 | 11 | 1 in 738 |
| North Carolina | #211 | 43 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Tennessee | #215 | 28 | 1 in 1,086 |
| New Jersey | #225 | 35 | 1 in 1,206 |
| Arizona | #226 | 35 | 1 in 963 |
| California | #254 | 177 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Georgia | #260 | 39 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Arkansas | #268 | 11 | 1 in 1,083 |
| Texas | #273 | 121 | 1 in 1,306 |
| Utah | #290 | 15 | 1 in 1,204 |
| South Carolina | #295 | 13 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Alabama | #302 | 14 | 1 in 1,403 |
| Louisiana | #320 | 14 | 1 in 1,483 |
| New York | #329 | 54 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Mississippi | #435 | 6 | 1 in 1,923 |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| 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 2003
Top girls' names in 2003
Top boys' names in 2003
More about 2003
girls
1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 984 of them was named Delaney, which outranked 99.1% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,975,349 boys got a published name in 2003; 1 in 103,966 of them was named Delaney, which outranked 66.5% of the 12,761 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,114Zaylen20
- #4,114Zayvion20
- #4,114Ziyad20
- #4,276Delaney19
- #4,276Abdias19
- #4,276Abhi19
- #4,276Abrahim19
- #4,426Abdurahman18
- #4,426Aboubacar18
- #4,426Abrar18
Tied with 149 names at #4,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.