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Delano

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Delano is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 302nd, in 1933.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
310.00% of boys
Peak year
1933316 births
Best rank
#302in 1933
Since 1914
5,506people given the name
Babies named Delano, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

5,506 boys have been named Delano in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1933, with 316 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1930s alone account for 21%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadeboys named Delano
1910s11
1920s19
1930s1,151
1940s561
1950s334
1960s508
1970s543
1980s540
1990s647
2000s564
2010s434
2020s194

In 1933, its biggest year

Delano was the 302nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1933 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1933.

Names that rose and fell with Delano

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.