How rare is the name Delano?

3,621 people in the United States have the first name Delano, about 1 in 83,411. It ranks #4,920 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

DELANO

#4,920

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,621
About
1 in 83,411
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,621 people named Delano, 54.7% reported their origin as Black, 24.7% as White and 10.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 97.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Delano peaked in 1933, when 329 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1933
Births that year
329
In 2025*
25 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 5,602 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Delano by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,128. The largest share of babies named Delano, 28.8%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#9,75211
1920s#10,31919
1930s#1,1281,191
1940s#1,888582
1950s#2,970339
1960s#2,587508
1970s#2,811543
1980s#3,220545
1990s#3,598647
2000s#4,955564
2010s#6,227434
2020s#6,954219
Greatest Generation 1901–270.4%
Silent Generation 1928–4528.8%
Baby boom 1946–6413.7%
Generation X 1965–8015.4%
Millennials 1981–9617%
Generation Z 1997–1215.8%
2013 and later8.9%

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 Delano is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Delano has been most common in Michigan (5.7×), North Dakota (4.6×), and West Virginia (3.4×), and least common in Texas (0.23×).

2,013 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.

Exactly as common as Delano

2 other first names also have 3,621 people.

#4,920 Sherilyn · 3,621#4,920 Terrill · 3,621

Either side of Delano

#4,917 Ren · 3,626#4,919 Harlie · 3,624#4,920 Sherilyn · 3,621#4,920 Terrill · 3,621

Spelled almost the same

6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Delano, most common first.

#5,145 Delana · 3,397#9,564 Delane · 1,444#9,995 Delani · 1,355#11,533 Delany · 1,106#21,583 Delan · 469#52,133 Delno · 109

Also a last name

As a last name, Delano ranks #6,762 of 156,621, with 4,793 people. See Delano as a last name

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