girls:
1.8k births since 1978
#4019 (30th percentile)
boys:
57 births since 1999
#4529 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1978
#5943 (23rd percentile)
The name Delani is the #5,943 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,811 recorded births since 1978. This represents the 23.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,019 (29.7% percentile) for all time with 1,754 births since 1978. For boys, it ranks #4,529 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 57 births since 1999.
Delani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1978 (1978 for girls and 1999 for boys). Birth data for Delani is available in 36 out of the 46 years between 1978 and 2023 (36 years for girls and 8 years for boys). 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 Delani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 96.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 93.6% of babies named Delani were girls.
For girls, Delani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.5% percentile (ranked #791) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 92 births per million (ranked 16.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Delani is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #791 (16.5% percentile) with 92 births per million.
For boys, Delani reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #905) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Delani is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #905 (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Delani".
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Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Delani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.6% confident that Delani is pronounced as deh-LAY-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is duh-LAY-nee, at 13.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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