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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Delani has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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First appearance
1978
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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Mississippi#441 · 1 in 1,483
- Louisiana#597 · 1 in 2,339
- Wisconsin#791 · 1 in 4,052
- Georgia#915 · 1 in 4,521
- Arizona#1,040 · 1 in 5,644
Best ever in a state: #441 in Mississippi, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #441 | 6 | 1 in 1,483 |
| Louisiana | #597 | 7 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Wisconsin | #791 | 5 | 1 in 4,052 |
| Georgia | #915 | 10 | 1 in 4,521 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| Tennessee | #1,127 | 5 | 1 in 6,415 |
| Texas | #1,268 | 20 | 1 in 8,027 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| North Carolina | #1,281 | 6 | 1 in 7,747 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| California | #2,276 | 8 | 1 in 20,216 |
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 98 spots since 2024 (#1,369 → #1,467)
- 949 spots since 2020 (#2,416 → #1,467)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 2024 at #1,369 (166 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,760
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 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.
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