Girls' name · since 2012
Daelani
Daelani has 116 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,086 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daelani currently ranks #5086 among girls' names in America, with 116 babies recorded since 2012.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daelani has been recorded 116 times among girls since 2012, currently ranked #5086 nationally and more common than 71% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2025.
- #25,499 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,086 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Daelani ranks #25,499 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,086 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 116 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #25,499 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,086 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Daelani's 116 recorded births place it above 64.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Ohio.
How Daelani compares
116 27th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Daelani's all-time total is 69% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Daelani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 26 | 21 | 19,840 |
Daelani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Daelani splits its recorded history at 2021: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 26 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Daelani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Daelani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (93 births, 80% of the file).
2020s was Daelani's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Daelani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
93 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 93 births (80% of all-time use).
Daelani by state
Where Daelani concentrates geographically, total births since 2012
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 116 births nationwide.
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- Ohio records the most Daelanis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Ohio names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Daelani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Daelani draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.