Delancey
The Story of Delancey
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Delancey as a girl name dates back to 1995, when 5 babies received it. 2016 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Delancey — #10,859 in the national rankings. About 48% of every Delancey on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Delancey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 94 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
The earliest SSA record of Delancey as a boy name dates back to 1967, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Delancey — #6,415 in the national rankings. About 64% of every Delancey on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Delancey last appeared in the published SSA data in 2010, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 28 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Delancey
Delancey is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1995 and has accumulated 94 births in the dataset. Delancey's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #10,859. Use the chart and map above to compare Delancey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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