Girls' name · since 1984
Delacey
35 babies named Delacey in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
35 girls have been named Delacey since 1984, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delacey has been recorded 35 times among girls since 1984, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2005.
- #39,086 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delacey ranks #39,086 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #39,086 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Delacey's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delacey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delacey's full recorded timeline at 1991, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delacey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2005
- Peak year (1991)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Delacey by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (15 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Delacey's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Delacey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
14 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 15 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Delacey's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delacey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
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, 1984–2005 (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 Delacey 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.