Delante — #11162 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Delante

The Social Security Administration has registered 724 babies named Delante between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Delante currently holds the #11162 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Delante performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 293 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Delante shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in District of Columbia, which accounts for 115 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Delante in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Delante 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 724 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.