NameTides

Delaney

Delaney was the #242 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,283 babies), and #2,788 in England & Wales and #782 in Canada.

Delaney as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Delaney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Delaney as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#242 (1,283)#2,788 (9)#782 (37)
2024#216 (1,435)#2,254 (12)#641 (45)
2023#235 (1,287)#2,504 (10)#749 (37)
2022#244 (1,255)#2,058 (13)#964 (27)
2021#269 (1,164)#2,073 (13)#799 (36)
2020#313 (1,024)#2,042 (13)#1,087 (23)
2019#286 (1,158)#2,643 (9)#770 (37)
2018#249 (1,315)#2,090 (13)#765 (37)
2017#251 (1,266)#2,341 (11)#775 (36)
2016#263 (1,207)#2,966 (8)#750 (38)
2015#243 (1,328)#2,328 (11)#951 (27)
2014#268 (1,232)#5,691 (3)#756 (37)
2013#249 (1,280)#4,050 (5)#1,021 (25)
2012#257 (1,260)#5,876 (3)#734 (38)
2011#237 (1,337)#4,049 (5)#595 (48)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2004 at #169.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1939.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 28,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Delaney is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,000 to 1 in 1,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Delaney by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #91MEWisconsin: #142WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #263WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #203ILMichigan: #253MINew York: #221NYMassachusetts: #164MAOregon: #181ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #211INOhio: #164OHPennsylvania: #116PANew Jersey: #192NJConnecticut: #192CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #381CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #205MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #182VAMaryland: #136MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #306AZNew Mexico: #217NMKansas: #222KSArkansas: #301ARTennessee: #237TNNorth Carolina: #223NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #374OKLouisiana: #342LAMississippi: #218MSAlabama: #247ALGeorgia: #323GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #391TXFlorida: #300FL
Delaney (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#64419

Delaney (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
DelaneyCanadaGirls#78237
DelaneyCanadaBoys—too few
DelaneyEngland & WalesGirls#2,7889
DelaneyEngland & WalesBoys—too few
DelaneyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
DelaneyNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
DelaneyUSGirls#2421,283
DelaneyUSBoys#6,80312