Feminine dossier · first seen 1939

Delaney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Delaney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2004

Peak rank proxy

2,002

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Gen Z

1939Peak 20042024

Peak year

2004

Decline from peak

28.5%

2024

1,432

All-time

44,153

Delaney has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2004, when 2,002 girls were named Delaney.

In 2024, only 1,432 girls were given the name.

Down 28.5% from its peak.

All told, about 44,153 Americans have been named Delaney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1939.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGen Z

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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