Girls' name · since 1978
Delani
2,068 babies named Delani in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,607 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,068
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Delani is the #1474 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,068 recorded since 1978.
Delani has 2,068 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1474 as of the latest data, more common than 91% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #4,607 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,068 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delani ranks #4,607 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,068 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,607 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,068
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Delani's 2,068 recorded births place it above 93.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Delani compares
2,068 Top 22% higher than 78% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Delani's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,068 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 166 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delani splits its recorded history at 2007: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 166 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delani popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 166
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Delani popularity over time - boys
72 total births recorded since 1999 (Delani as boys' name)
Delani by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (761 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Delani's strongest decade.
761 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Delani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 8
1980s
8 births
- 1990s 196
1990s
196 births
- 2000s
2000s
541 births
- 2010s
2010s
557 births
- 2020s
2020s
761 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 761 births (37% of all-time use).
How Delani compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Delani's total volume
Delani by state
Where Delani concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 161 | 7.8% |
| #2 | California | | 145 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 107 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 78 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 76 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 36 | 1.7% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 31 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 31 | 1.5% |
161 of 2,068 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Delani appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Delanis (161 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1978–2025 (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 Delani 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.