Girls' name · since 1959
Delania
238 babies named Delania in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
238 girls have been named Delania since 1959, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Delania recorded 238 times among girls since 1959, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2024.
- #18,070 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1959
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delania ranks #18,070 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1959, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,070 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1959
- 1970s
- peak decade
Delania's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delania splits its recorded history at 1976: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2024
- Peak year (1970)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Delania by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (93 births, 39% of the file).
1970s was Delania's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Delania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
59 births
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 14
2000s
14 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 93 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Delania's data
- Delania's decade-level peak was the 1970s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1959–2024 (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 Delania 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.