Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delaine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,619
- 242 boys · 2,377 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 71 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,491 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,491 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1954. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,100 as a first name in 2020; 743 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Delaine’s family of names
Delaine has a related form in Delaney. In English usage, Delaine as a surname has a related form in Delane. In English usage, Delaine as a surname has a related form in Delane.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Delaine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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