Delon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- deh-LON
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Delon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Delon mean?
Modern: blend of De- and Lon, or the French surname Delon
Alain Delon was a celebrated French film actor of the 1960s and 1970s.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Delon a girl's or a boy's name?
Delon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Delon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Delon, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 1993, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1932.
2025 had more boys named Delon than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Delon in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1999, 14% of the babies named Delon in the US were girls.
Delon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 24 | #4,062 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 19 | #4,459 |
| 2004 | 22 | #4,000 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 34 | #2,669 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 32 | #2,596 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 29 | #2,585 |
| 1995 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,002 |
| 1992 | 38 | #2,041 |
| 1991 | 29 | #2,400 |
| 1990 | 28 | #2,427 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 27 | #2,250 |
| 1987 | 18 | #2,834 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 16 | #2,776 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,780 |
| 1975 | 15 | #2,635 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 30 | #1,586 |
| 1972 | 27 | #1,680 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,852 |
| 1966 | 16 | #1,962 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 13 | #2,309 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 7 | #3,174 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 7 | #2,918 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 8 | #2,719 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,677 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
Names like Delon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keegan Deacon Declan Brayden Kayden Brennan Cannon Devin Brody Brandon Dylan Kenan
Names related to Delon
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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, “Delon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/delon, updated 20 October 2026.