Delane — #12205 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Delane

The Social Security Administration has registered 955 babies named Delane between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Delane currently holds the #12205 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 29 babies received it in a single year. Delane is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 923 additional births since 1922.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delane performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Delane shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Delane in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delane 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 955 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.