How Many People Are Named Delany?
An estimated 1,331 people in the United States have the first name Delany. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Delany peaked in popularity in 2024 with 90 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Delany as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Delany paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Delany is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 15, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
1,331
About 1 in 257,516 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2024
90 births
Total Registered
1,348
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Delany
Delany is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,348 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Delany as a female name
Ranked #2,111 in 2024
90 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (90 births)
Delany: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Delany span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 463 babies were registered. While Delany is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Delany by Decade
How has Delany tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Delany by State
Birth registrations for Delany span all 6 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Illinois. The lowest are in Arizona, Florida, New York. On average, about 85 Delanys were registered per state.
Delany + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Delany as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Delany
Other first names starting with D with a similar number of bearers.
Delany: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Delany?
We estimate approximately 1,331 people named Delany are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 257,516 Americans share this first name.
Is Delany a common name?
Delany is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,348 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Delany most popular?
Delany reached peak popularity in 2024, when 90 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Delany is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Delany a female name?
Delany is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Delany Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Delany Smith, Delany Johnson, Delany Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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