Delainey
Delainey was the 1390th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 157 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1350th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,552 places. More babies were named Delainey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,390 girls, up 2,403 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 157girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024169 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,092babies recorded
Delainey popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,390 | 157 |
| 2020 | #3,793 | 38 |
| 2010 | #2,125 | 93 |
| 2000 | #3,683 | 35 |
| 1990 | #10,495 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | — |
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| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Delainey, counting every spelling?
Delainey is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,241 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,390 for Delainey on its own. Together these spellings went to 171 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delainey | 157 | #1,390 | 577 |
| Delaynie | 9 | #10,298 | 47 |
| Delainee | — | — | 26 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Delainey?
157 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Delainey (0.04 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Delainey born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 53 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Delainey.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Delainey?
About 2,100 people born in the US named Delainey are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 4 and 20. That makes Delainey mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Delainey by state
How common Delainey was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.3×), Pennsylvania (1.8×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Delainey: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Delainey, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Delainey
How popular is the name Delainey?
Delainey was the 1390th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 157 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 1350th with 169 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,552 places. More babies were named Delainey in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Delainey a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Delainey in the US.
Where is Delainey most popular?
In 2021–2025, Delainey was most common in West Virginia (0.19 per 1,000 girls), followed by Wisconsin and Ohio.