Delacy — unisex name
20 babies named Delacy in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
20 girls have been named Delacy since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1990.
- 20
- total births
- 1974–1990
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Delacy was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Delacy in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delacy
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Delacy between 1974 and 1990, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delacy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Delacy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1945.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delacy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Delacy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delacy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 20 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Delacy at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delacy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1974
- Peak year (1974)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
20 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 5 births in a single year.
Delacy popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1945 (Delacy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Delacy accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Delacy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 50% of Delacy's all-time total
Delacy decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Delacy's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.