Delroy
Delroy is a masculine Jamaican given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Delroy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Delroy is a masculine Jamaican given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Delroy
Delroy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 34 Delroys were born — ranking #2,214 that year. As of 2026, Delroy ranks #8,250 for baby boys with 9 births, with steady use. In total, more than 1K Delroys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Delroy
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Delroy Allen (born 1954), retired Jamaican-American soccer goalkeeper
- Del Bryan (born 1967), British former boxer
- Delroy Cambridge (born 1949), Jamaican professional golfer
- Delroy Chuck , Jamaican lawyer, journalist and politician
- Delroy Clarke (born 1982), Canadian football cornerback
- Delroy Denton (born c. 1971, Jamaican gangster, rapist and suspected serial killer
- Delroy Edwards (refugee) (1959–2005), Jamaican-born refugee, refused political asylum in UK, killed by a gang following his return
- Delroy Facey (born 1980), British-Grenadian footballer
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Names that sound like Delroy
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About the name Delroy
Delroy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Delroy's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #2,214. Use the chart and map above to compare Delroy'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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