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Delaney
Pronounced /dɪˈleɪni/
Rank in 2024
#216
Born in 2024
1,432
Peak year
2004 · #169
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,432 girls were named Delaney, about 1 in every 1,127.
- It peaked in 2004 with 2,002 babies, ranked #169.
- It first shows up in the records in 1939.
- 44,153 girls have been named Delaney since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Delaney per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 27 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 192 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,837 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,148 babies, 0.87 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 14,944 babies, 0.74 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From a Norman baronial surname, from a place in France, Old French del aunaie (“from the alder grove”). In Ireland an anglicization of Irish Ó Dubhshláine (descendant of Black (dubh) + Challenge (slán)).
- A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /dɪˈleɪni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Delaney, CC BY-SA 4.0.