Girls' name · since 1950
Delanna
217 babies named Delanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Delanna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 217 have been recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delanna has been recorded 217 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2012.
- #18,967 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 217 born since 1950
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delanna ranks #18,967 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 217 born since 1950, peaking in the 1960s.
- #18,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 217
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Delanna's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delanna's full recorded timeline at 1979, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1954, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1967 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2012
- Peak year (1967)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Delanna by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (55 births, 25% of the file).
1960s was Delanna's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Delanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
55 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 21
1980s
21 births
- 1990s
1990s
35 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 55 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Delanna's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (55 total births) through the 2010s (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 Delanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1950–2012 (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 Delanna 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.