Fun Facts About the Name Delani
- More than 2 thousand babies named Delani: U.S. records list 2,140 babies given the name Delani from 1880 through 2025. Even 72 boys received the name Delani - about 1 boy for every 29 girls.
What Does the Name Delani Mean?
Delani is a modern given name used mainly in the United States, where it is most often treated as a spelling variant of Delaney. Delaney is an anglicized Irish surname, Ó Dubhshláine, meaning "descendant of Dubhshláine." That personal name joins dubh ("black, dark") with Sláine, a name element whose sense is not settled; the same root appears in the place name Slane in County Meath. If Delani is simply a respelling of Delaney, its sense would be "descendant of Dubhshláine." The form Delani itself has no documented early Irish or English use, and a similar spelling alone does not prove a shared origin, so the meaning is best described as uncertain.
Delani Name History & Origins
Delani is a recent spelling of a name that English speakers already knew in the form Delaney. Delaney comes from the Irish surname Ó Dubhshláine, borne by a family linked to County Meath and the district around Slane. As with many Irish surnames, it was carried to Britain, North America, and Australia by emigrants and later began to be used as a given name, at first occasionally for boys and in recent decades chiefly for girls. Delani follows this pattern as an alternate spelling alongside Delanie and Delaney. Because the spelling is recent and the name is uncommon, no separate line of development can be traced for Delani itself.
How Popular is the Name Delani?
Delani has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,368 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,469 | 146 | 0.0091% |
| 2024 | #1,368 | 166 | 0.0103% |
| 2023 | #1,393 | 161 | 0.0100% |
| 2022 | #1,668 | 126 | 0.0077% |
| 2021 | #2,102 | 90 | 0.0055% |
| 2020 | #2,421 | 72 | 0.0045% |
| 2019 | #2,293 | 79 | 0.0047% |
| 2018 | #2,789 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2017 | #2,327 | 79 | 0.0046% |
| 2016 | #2,913 | 58 | 0.0033% |
| 2015 | #3,400 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2014 | #3,503 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2013 | #3,331 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2012 | #3,380 | 48 | 0.0027% |
| 2011 | #3,315 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 2010 | #3,638 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #3,100 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2008 | #3,065 | 56 | 0.0030% |
| 2007 | #2,935 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2006 | #3,422 | 47 | 0.0025% |
| 2005 | #2,679 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2004 | #2,597 | 64 | 0.0035% |
| 2003 | #2,805 | 55 | 0.0030% |
| 2002 | #2,792 | 54 | 0.0030% |
| 2001 | #3,107 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2000 | #3,290 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1999 | #3,334 | 38 | 0.0021% |
| 1998 | #3,673 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1997 | #3,923 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1996 | #4,084 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #3,374 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1994 | #9,014 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1993 | #7,634 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1992 | #9,699 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #13,705 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #11,764 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #8,953 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #10,126 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,939 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,170 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #7,384 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,895 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2021 | #8,324 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,809 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #12,650 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #12,738 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #11,294 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #10,285 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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