Delainey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- deh-LAY-nee
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,388 for girls
Delainey is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark challenge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,388th for girls in the US (157 babies).
What does Delainey mean?
Irish: spelling of Delaney, an Irish surname
“dark challenge”
Delaney anglicizes the Irish surname Ó Dubhshláine, 'descendant of Dubhshláine'.
Is Delainey a girl's or a boy's name?
Delainey is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 157 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delainey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,388th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 157 about 1 in 10,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 260% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 157 girls in the US were named Delainey, making it the 1,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,777th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Delainey in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 496 girls in the US were given Delainey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #600, up from #1,388 for this spelling alone.
Delainey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 157 | #1,388 |
| 2024 | 169 | #1,350 |
| 2023 | 135 | #1,569 |
| 2022 | 62 | #2,756 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,777 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 44 | #3,496 |
| 2017 | 58 | #2,873 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 59 | #2,927 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 72 | #2,484 |
| 2012 | 84 | #2,232 |
| 2011 | 92 | #2,088 |
| 2010 | 93 | #2,118 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 73 | #2,342 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,762 |
| 2000 | 35 | #3,659 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
Nicknames for Delainey
- Laney 12 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delainey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Teagan, Cassidy, Kennedy, Mckenna, Kinley, Devyn, Finley, Rowan, Brynlee, Kenley, Brynn, Reagan
Other spellings of Delainey
Names related to Delainey
More Irish names
Oscar, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Orla, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Callan
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Delainey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delainey, updated 20 October 2026.