Unisex name · since 1982
Delorean
297 babies named Delorean in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1984. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 297
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delorean sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 297 recorded since 1982.
Delorean has 297 recorded births among boys since 1982, 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 1982 to 2023.
- #10,641 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 297 born since 1982
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Delorean ranks #10,641 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 297 born since 1982, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,641 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 297
- born since 1982
- 1980s
- peak decade
Delorean's 297 recorded births place it above 76.56% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Delorean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Delorean's SSA record in two at 1996 and the more recent half accounts for 34% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 66%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Delorean popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2023
- Peak year (1984)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Delorean popularity over time - girls
46 total births recorded since 1982 (Delorean as girls' name)
Delorean by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (151 births, 51% of the file).
1980s was Delorean's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Delorean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
151 births
- 1990s 51
1990s
51 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s 60
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 151 births (51% of all-time use).
Delorean by state
Where Delorean concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 24 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 2.0% |
| #4 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
24 of 297 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- Delorean's decade-level peak was the 1980s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Deloreans (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Delorean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1982–2023 (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 Delorean 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.