Delana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- de-LAN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Delana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
Where does Delana come from?
Modern: modern elaboration of Lana or Dena
Is Delana a girl's or a boy's name?
Delana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Delana, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 9 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Delana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
How popular is Delana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Delana, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Delana in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,817 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 27 | #5,023 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 46 | #3,451 |
| 2010 | 39 | #3,888 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 82 | #2,328 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 68 | #2,520 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 50 | #2,996 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 50 | #2,734 |
| 1998 | 51 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 47 | #2,656 |
| 1996 | 50 | #2,506 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 46 | #2,656 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 54 | #2,381 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,654 |
| 1990 | 41 | #2,794 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 49 | #2,147 |
| 1985 | 43 | #2,316 |
| 1984 | 61 | #1,771 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,850 |
| 1981 | 55 | #1,935 |
| 1980 | 75 | #1,552 |
| 1979 | 57 | #1,857 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 69 | #1,559 |
| 1976 | 58 | #1,677 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1974 | 74 | #1,386 |
| 1973 | 60 | #1,548 |
| 1972 | 72 | #1,380 |
| 1971 | 83 | #1,305 |
| 1970 | 92 | #1,212 |
| 1969 | 98 | #1,117 |
| 1968 | 83 | #1,190 |
| 1967 | 70 | #1,299 |
| 1966 | 61 | #1,403 |
| 1965 | 79 | #1,208 |
| 1964 | 75 | #1,281 |
| 1963 | 87 | #1,169 |
| 1962 | 74 | #1,283 |
| 1961 | 60 | #1,434 |
| 1960 | 64 | #1,372 |
| 1959 | 54 | #1,465 |
| 1958 | 75 | #1,226 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,640 |
| 1956 | 45 | #1,580 |
| 1955 | 29 | #1,977 |
| 1954 | 37 | #1,676 |
| 1953 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1952 | 28 | #1,891 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,954 |
| 1949 | 22 | #2,068 |
| 1948 | 19 | #2,254 |
| 1947 | 24 | #1,992 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 14 | #2,202 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,566 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Nicknames for Delana
- Lana 211 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Delana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Diana, Athena, Kiara, Fatima, Lara, Darla, Darcie, Elena, Maria, Francesca, Brianna, Kiana
Names related to Delana
Delaney, Delina, Delani, Delanie, Delainey, Delany, Dehlani, Deylani
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Delana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delana, updated 20 October 2026.