Girl
Delaney
As a girl's name, Delaney is understood to mean "descendant of the challenger". It has been climbing steadily, peaking most recently in the 2000s. Today, it is comfortably in the mainstream in the registry. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
IrishIrish "Ó Dubhshláine"
EtymologyMeaning "descendant of the challenger"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
21
1920s
15
1930s
57
1940s
48
1950s
95
1960s
116
1970s
325
1980s
459
1990s
7,730
2000s
17,274
2010s
10,475
Peaked in the 2000s · 36,615 total U.S. births since 1900