Delaney
A girls’ name of Irish origin, meaning dark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine.
How Delaney has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #243 |
| 2016 | #263 |
| 2017 | #251 |
| 2018 | #248 |
| 2019 | #286 |
| 2020 | #313 |
| 2021 | #267 |
| 2022 | #242 |
| 2023 | #234 |
| 2024 | #216 |
| 2025 | #242 |
Delaney by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Delaney. In the US, 1,270 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 2,002 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,100 American girls born that year was called Delaney.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Delaney. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Delaineydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine; a modern respelling of Delaney57 in the US (2017)
- Delanydescendant of the dark challenger; from Ó Dubhshláine51 in the US (2017)
- Devaneydescendant of deamhán, dark one7 in the US (2017)
- Delanee15 in the US (2017)
- Dalaney14 in the US (2017)
- Delanny6 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Delaney
Names that are said the same way as Delaney, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Delaynee7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean darkness
Like Delaney, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
- Kaliblack; fierce; Hindu goddess of time1,120 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Delaney
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