Delane
UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Delane has been given to 1,878 babies in the U.S. since 1917. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 29 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 51% girls, 49% boys all-time.
Babies named Delane, 2024
1 in 478,000
Delane over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Delane over time
In 2024, Delane went to 100% girls and 0% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Delane?
Delane had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.
- Among all babies, 2024
- 1 in 478,000
- 7 of 3,342,801 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 231,000
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2024
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 uses
- Coin-flip room size
- 331,009 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Delane sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2024 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 331,009 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Delane. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Delanes were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Delane was born before 1959 — so the typical Delane is around 66 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1950s
- 25.5% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 2.0%
- Mostly a past generation
- Recorded since 1950
- 698
- People you could plausibly meet
1950s — 25.5% of all recorded uses (244).
Is Delane rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
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- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- New entry
- Not ranked then
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 0%
- Peak was 1954 (29)
- Years since peak
- 71
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 29.3% average annual change
Spellings of Delane
Delane is not the most common spelling — Diane is, with 36.4% against Delane's 0.07%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Delane is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Delane was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 890,773 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Alabama1 in —
- 2Texas1 in —
- 3Washington1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Delane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Delane is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Delane was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 258,816 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Nebraska1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Delane has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Delane around the world
Where Delane ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- South Australia1988–1988#657in 1988
Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Delane by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Delane
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Delane
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.