Name profile

Delano

A surname name derived from French de Lannoy, meaning “from Lannoy.”

Usage languagesEnglish, Italian
US rank (2025)#4,139

Meaning and history

Delano is an English given name transferred from a surname. The American surname is associated with the Delano family, whose name was adapted from the French place name de Lannoy, meaning “from Lannoy”; the place itself is linked with alder trees. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made it familiar as a middle name, although Delano was his maternal family surname. Notable given-name bearers include American diplomat Delano Lewis and Turks and Caicos sprinter Delano Williams.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 49 births, rank #2,477
2007: 55 births, rank #2,337
2008: 57 births, rank #2,291
2009: 53 births, rank #2,401
2010: 49 births, rank #2,511
20112011: 51 births, rank #2,437
2012: 55 births, rank #2,326
2013: 34 births, rank #3,189
2014: 46 births, rank #2,622
2015: 49 births, rank #2,528
20162016: 43 births, rank #2,783
2017: 47 births, rank #2,637
2018: 30 births, rank #3,607
2019: 30 births, rank #3,636
2020: 40 births, rank #2,925
20212021: 37 births, rank #3,180
2022: 35 births, rank #3,344
2023: 51 births, rank #2,575
2024: 31 births, rank #3,605
20252025: 25 births, rank #4,139

Delano moved from #953 to #989 for boys between 1946 and 1973. Its highest annual birth count came in 1933, with 316 births.