Delance — boys' name
106 babies named Delance in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
106 boys have been named Delance since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2016.
- 106
- total births
- 1971–2016
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 35%
- born in that decade
35% of everyone ever named Delance was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Delance in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Delance
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Delance between 1971 and 2016, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delance currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Delance performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Delance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Delance 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 106 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.
Delance at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Delance popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1971
- Peak year (1989)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
106 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 13 births in a single year.
Delance by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 37 births that decade — 35% of Delance's all-time total
Delance decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Delance's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% 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, 1971–2016 (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.