girls:
948 births since 1917
#4768 (17th percentile)
boys:
923 births since 1922
#3668 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1917
#5889 (24th percentile)
The name Delane is the #5,889 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,871 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 23.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,768 (16.6% percentile) for all time with 948 births since 1917. For boys, it ranks #3,668 (20.0% percentile) for all time with 923 births since 1922.
Delane first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (1917 for girls and 1922 for boys). Birth data for Delane is available in 81 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023 (76 years for boys and 74 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Delane is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Delane were girls.
For girls, Delane reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #699) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 15 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Delane ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 23.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Delane reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #568) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1934, with 19 births per million (ranked 2.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Delane".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Delane. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.5% confident that Delane is pronounced as deh-LAYN, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LAYN, at 20.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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