How popular is the name Delaney?

Delaney ranks 583rd among girls' names in US records, with 45,359 births since 1939. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,434.

Is Delaney a unisex name?

No. Delaney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2004, when 2,002 children were given the name. It has been in use for 86 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#583 of girl names

Pronounced D AH0 L EY1 N IY0 (ARPABET)

Delaney is a girls' name, and first appears in 1939. It has been given to 45,359 children — the 583rd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2004, when 2,002 children were given it.

2004Girls: 2,002Boys: 28

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Delaney?: Delaney ranks 583rd among girls' names in US records, with 45,359 births since 1939. Over the past decade it accounts for 12,434.
Is Delaney a unisex name?: No. Delaney is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Delaney most popular?: 2004, when 2,002 children were given the name. It has been in use for 86 years and is still recorded as of 2024.