Delany Girl
How popular is Delany?
#2,859 girl name in 2025
59 baby girls were named Delany in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
Delany popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,859 for girls (▼ 741 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,129 in 2015, #3,546 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (90 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,118 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1990 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Delany counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Delaney family of names ranked #182 for girls in 2025 (#169 the year before), with 1,844 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Delaney | 1,283 | 70% |
| Delanie | 120 | 7% |
| Delani | 146 | 8% |
| Delainey | 157 | 9% |
| Delany | 59 | 3% |
| Dehlani | 36 | 2% |
| Delaynie | 9 | 0% |
| Delahni | 13 | 1% |
| Delanee | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Delany is most popular
Babies named Delany per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (84 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
Delany by decade
Girl names about as popular as Delany
Questions
- Is Delany a boy or girl name?
- Delany is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Delany were girls.
- How popular is the name Delany?
- 59 baby girls were named Delany in the US in 2025, making it the 2859th most popular girl name.
- When was Delany most popular?
- Delany peaked in 2024, when 90 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,118 in 2024.
- How many people are named Delany?
- 1,408 babies have been named Delany in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,398 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Delany most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Delany was most common in Texas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.