Boys' name · since 1966
Delawrence
Since 1966, U.S. Social Security records show 130 babies named Delawrence, peaking in 1980. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,698 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 130
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delawrence is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 130 have been recorded since 1966.
Delawrence has 130 recorded births among boys since 1966, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 2004.
- #15,698 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 130 born since 1966
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delawrence ranks #15,698 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1966, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,698 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 130
- born since 1966
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delawrence's 130 recorded births place it above 65.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Delawrence's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Delawrence splits its recorded history at 1986: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1966 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1980 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Delawrence popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–2004
- Peak year (1980)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Delawrence by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (46 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Delawrence's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Delawrence births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s 10
2000s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 46 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Delawrence's decade-level peak was the 1980s (46 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2000s -- 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 Delawrence: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1966–2004 (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 Delawrence 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.