Girls' name · since 2011

Delanei

Delanei has 12 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#51,656 of 72,339
all-time among girls
12
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade

Delanei sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 12 recorded since 2011.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delanei has been recorded 12 times among girls since 2011, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2011 to 2022.

  • #51,656 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 12 born since 2011
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delanei ranks #51,656 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 2011, peaking in the 2020s.

#51,656 of 72,339
all-time among girls
12
born since 2011
2020s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Delanei's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Delanei's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Delanei's full recorded timeline at 2022, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2011, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Delanei popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2022

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2022)
7
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 20112022 7

Delanei by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).

2020s was Delanei's strongest decade.

7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.

Delanei births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Delanei?
12 babies have been named Delanei since 2011. All-time, it sits at #51,656 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2022 with 7 births.
Where does Delanei sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delanei ranks #51,656 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Delanei most popular?
Delanei was most popular in the 2020s decade with 7 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Delanei been used?
The SSA has tracked Delanei since 2011 -- 12 years through the most recent 2022 data.
What names are similar to Delanei?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Delores, Della, Delilah, Delaney, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Delanei: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2022 (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 Delanei 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.