Unisex name · since 1995
Delancey
Delancey has 99 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delancey is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 99 have been recorded since 1995.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delancey has been recorded 99 times among girls since 1995, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2024.
- #27,201 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 99 born since 1995
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delancey ranks #27,201 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 99 born since 1995, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,201 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 99
- born since 1995
- 2010s
- peak decade
Delancey's 99 recorded births place it above 62.28% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delancey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delancey's full recorded timeline at 2013, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2016 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delancey popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2024
- Peak year (2016)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Delancey popularity over time - boys
28 total births recorded since 1967 (Delancey as boys' name)
Delancey by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Delancey's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Delancey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
27 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Delancey's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- 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 Delancey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1995–2024 (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 Delancey 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.