Girls' name · since 1962
Delayna
874 babies named Delayna in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,231 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 874
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
874 babies have been named Delayna since 1962, making it today's #11121 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delayna has been recorded 874 times among girls since 1962, currently ranked #11121 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2025.
- #8,231 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,121 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 874 born since 1962
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delayna ranks #8,231 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,121 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 874 born since 1962, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,231 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,121 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 874
- born since 1962
- 2000s
- peak decade
Delayna's 874 recorded births place it above 88.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Delayna compares
874 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Delayna's all-time total is 132% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Delayna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 874 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Delayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Delayna's full recorded timeline at 1997, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Delayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Delayna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (291 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Delayna's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Delayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 31
1960s
31 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s 89
1980s
89 births
- 1990s
1990s
164 births
- 2000s
2000s
291 births
- 2010s
2010s
179 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 291 births (33% of all-time use).
How Delayna 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 Delayna's total volume
Delayna by state
Where Delayna concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 2.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 10 | 1.1% |
21 of 874 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Delayna's data
- Delayna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (291 total births); usage has since declined to 71 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Delaynas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Delayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1962–2025 (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 Delayna 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.