Delancey
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- duh-LAN-see
- Origin
- French
Delancey is a girls' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Delancey mean?
French: Huguenot surname De Lancey
From the Huguenot surname De Lancey, familiar from Delancey Street in New York, named for the De Lancey family.
Is Delancey a girl's or a boy's name?
Delancey is a girls' name.
How popular is Delancey in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Delancey in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Delancey in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Delancey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Daisy, Genevieve, Lydia, Nora, Adelaide, Cora, Finley, Caroline, Clara, Lucy, Helena, Wrenley
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
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, “Delancey: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delancey, updated 20 October 2026.