Delana
Delana is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 18 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 180.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 196998 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1914
- 4,077people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,077 girls have been named Delana in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1969, with 98 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1978, and the 1960s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Delana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 35 | |
| 1930s | 64 | |
| 1940s | 163 | |
| 1950s | 396 | |
| 1960s | 751 | |
| 1970s | 683 | |
| 1980s | 522 | |
| 1990s | 469 | |
| 2000s | 598 | |
| 2010s | 281 | |
| 2020s | 84 |
In 1969, its biggest year
Delana was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1969 were Lisa, Michelle, Jennifer, Kimberly and Melissa. See all of 1969.
Names that rose and fell with Delana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lourdespeak 1963
- Maryapeak 1971
- Annemariepeak 1968
- Julieannpeak 1987
- Annamariapeak 1966
- Jolynnpeak 1962
- Karlapeak 1964
- Lesliepeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.