Nameling

Delanie

Gender
Girl
Say it
deh-LAY-nee
Origin
Irish
US rank, 2025
#1,703 for girls

Delanie is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark challenge”. In 2025 it ranked 1,703rd for girls in the US (120 babies).

What does Delanie mean?

Irish: spelling of Delaney, an Irish surname

“dark challenge”

Delaney anglicizes the Irish surname Ó Dubhshláine, 'descendant of Dubhshláine'.

Is Delanie a girl's or a boy's name?

Delanie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 120 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Delanie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,703among girls
Babies in 2025
120about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 120 girls in the US were named Delanie, making it the 1,703rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,687th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 205 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the girls named Delanie in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 496 girls in the US were given Delanie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #600, up from #1,703 for this spelling alone.

1916Busiest: 205 in 20032025
Delanie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025120#1,703
2024123#1,664
2023131#1,595
2022124#1,684
2021102#1,926
2020121#1,687
2019120#1,724
2018158#1,413
2017146#1,515
2016151#1,505
2015165#1,409
2014154#1,459
2013176#1,328
2012156#1,457
2011137#1,588
2010153#1,474
2009128#1,719
2008144#1,583
2007161#1,453
2006160#1,415
2005192#1,191
2004185#1,208
2003205#1,078
2002158#1,251
2001176#1,169
2000169#1,180
1999146#1,269
1998131#1,339
199792#1,694
1996147#1,210
1995108#1,471
199471#1,967
199380#1,811
199250#2,508
199156#2,285
199047#2,518
198923#4,115
198816#5,060
198710#6,783
19868#7,745
19859#6,952
198410#6,290
19837#8,045
19828#7,467
198115#4,745
198015#4,742
197914#4,841
197817#4,079
19778#6,890
197613#4,612
197516#3,948
197419#3,426
197314#4,154
197213#4,299
19715#8,322
197011#4,760
19696#6,615
19685#7,014
19678#4,981
19666#5,808
19650–
19645#6,766
19630–
19620–
19617#5,308
19600–
19599#4,299
19588#4,519
195710#3,929
19565#5,951
19550–
19548#4,276
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19165#4,415

Nicknames for Delanie

Names like Delanie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Cassidy Kennedy Mckenna Teagan Brianna Reagan Devyn Kylie Maeve Rowan Mackenzie Quinn

Other spellings of Delanie

Delainey Delani Delany Delanee Delainy

Names related to Delanie

Delaney Delina Dehlani Deylani Delana

More Irish names

Oscar Rory Finn Aiden Ryan Nolan Orla Cody Erin Ronan Connor Declan Casey Callan Lennon Cillian

Every Irish name

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, “Delanie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delanie, updated 20 October 2026.