girls:
609 births since 1993
#5107 (11th percentile)
overall:
609 births since 1993
#7130 (8th percentile)
The name Dalaney is the #7,130 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 609 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,107 (10.6% percentile) for all time with 609 births since 1993.
Dalaney first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (first recorded for girls in 1993).
For girls, Dalaney reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #892) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Dalaney ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 20.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Dalaney".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Dalaney. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.6% confident that Dalaney is pronounced as duh-LAY-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is DA-luh-nee, at 11.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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