Given name & surname
Delancey
“named for a street in New York City”
Delancey is used as a given name and a surname. One French interpretation is “named for a street in New York City.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One French interpretation is “named for a street in New York City.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delancey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 127
- 28 boys · 99 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 214 as a first name in 2020; 2,227 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.
Delancey’s family of names
Delancey has a related form in Delancy. Delancey has a related form in Delancy. Delancey has a related form in Delancea.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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