first name
DELANEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,383 people named Delaney, 84% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as two or more races. 97.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Delaney peaked in 2004, when 2,030 babies got the name.
At least 46,650 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Delaney by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #406. The largest share of babies named Delaney, 54.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Delaney is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delaney has been most common in Delaware (2.7×), New Hampshire (2.1×), and Colorado (2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.2×).
44,169 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Delaney
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delaney, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Delaney ranks #1,101 of 156,621, with 31,364 people. See Delaney as a last name
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