Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dulaney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 29
- 0 boys · 29 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,538 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. 15,538 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,301 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.
Dulaney’s family of names
In English usage, Dulaney as a surname has a related form in Delaney.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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