State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,080 Delaware births in 1966 across 331 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Delaware more than they say America.

#43Francis#164 nationally
#94Angelooutside the national top 200
#82Clarence#176 nationally
#78Alfred#170 nationally
#54Crystal#145 nationally
#91Maurice#180 nationally
#86Warren#167 nationally
#75Theodore#149 nationally
#87Tanya#160 nationally
#73Harry#144 nationally
#81Charlotte#151 nationally
#84Edwin#152 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa187US #1
#2Kimberly130US #2
#3Mary93US #3
#4Karen78US #5
#5Michelle78US #4
#6Dawn74US #24
#7Donna72US #12
#8Susan72US #6
#9Deborah68US #14
#10Patricia65US #7
#11Christine60US #20
#12Michele60US #36
#13Barbara52US #27
#14Elizabeth48US #16
#15Tracy47US #31
#16Teresa46US #29
#17Tammy45US #8
#18Diane44US #45
#19Jennifer44US #10
#20Kelly43US #26
#21Tina43US #23
#22Linda42US #18
#23Kathleen41US #37
#24Nancy41US #33
#25Cynthia40US #11
#26Denise40US #32
#27Pamela40US #15
#28Sandra40US #17
#29Amy38US #30
#30Brenda34US #25
#31Julie34US #13
#32Laura34US #19
#33Sharon33US #28
#34Cheryl32US #34
#35Theresa32US #46
#36Carol31US #48
#37Lori30US #21
#38Stephanie30US #38
#39Andrea28US #52
#40Robin28US #42
#41Catherine27US #54
#42Sheila27US #51
#43Angela26US #9
#44Melissa25US #22
#45Debra24US #35
#46Paula24US #50
#47Wendy24US #41
#48Beth23US #65
#49Jacqueline23US #47
#50Maria23US #44
#51Carolyn22US #60
#52Laurie22US #63
#53Tracey22US #69
#54Crystal21US #145
#55Margaret21US #55
#56Rebecca20US #40
#57Valerie19US #74
#58Ann18US #61
#59Anne18US #83
#60Christina18US #67
#61Janet18US #57
#62Suzanne18US #62
#63Veronica18US #113
#64Jill17US #49
#65Kathryn17US #86
#66Kathy17US #59
#67Sherry17US #53
#68Gina16US #58
#69Kim16US #43
#70Monica16US #75
#71Regina16US #82
#72Rhonda16US #39
#73Colleen15US #93
#74Holly15US #101
#75Renee15US #66
#76Wanda15US #84
#77Carla14US #77
#78Diana14US #64
#79Sherri14US #92
#80Stacey14US #76
#81Charlotte13US #151
#82Dana13US #68
#83Darlene13US #94
#84Lynn13US #81
#85Marie13US #114
#86Sarah13US #85
#87Tanya13US #160
#88Bonnie12US #90
#89Julia12US #117
#90Katherine12US #78
#91Kristin12US #107
#92Penny12US #112
#93Terri12US #72
#94Traci12US #137
#95Annette11US #79
#96Cathy11US #99
#97Charlene11US #159
#98Elaine11US #166
#99Gail11US #152
#100Heather11US #125

Boys

#1Michael251US #1
#2Robert230US #5
#3John229US #4
#4James214US #3
#5David213US #2
#6William158US #6
#7Mark119US #7
#8Joseph109US #15
#9Richard108US #8
#10Christopher106US #12
#11Jeffrey106US #9
#12Thomas97US #10
#13Brian83US #14
#14Charles79US #20
#15Kevin77US #17
#16Timothy76US #11
#17Steven69US #13
#18Anthony66US #22
#19Kenneth66US #21
#20Paul63US #18
#21Eric58US #25
#22Scott57US #16
#23Stephen53US #26
#24Daniel51US #19
#25George45US #37
#26Matthew45US #34
#27Edward42US #30
#28Andrew41US #36
#29Donald40US #27
#30Gregory40US #23
#31Ronald38US #24
#32Keith36US #32
#33Peter33US #39
#34Douglas32US #33
#35Frank31US #43
#36Carl25US #56
#37Patrick25US #31
#38Gary24US #28
#39Rodney24US #35
#40Samuel21US #81
#41Shawn21US #54
#42Bryan20US #52
#43Francis20US #164
#44Todd20US #29
#45Vincent20US #58
#46Craig19US #46
#47Curtis19US #75
#48Darryl19US #88
#49Dennis19US #44
#50Gerald19US #60
#51Sean19US #50
#52Bruce18US #53
#53Roger18US #51
#54Eugene17US #116
#55Raymond17US #47
#56Glenn16US #90
#57Howard16US #120
#58Larry16US #38
#59Ralph16US #112
#60Lawrence15US #66
#61Harold14US #99
#62Jeffery13US #42
#63Jon13US #76
#64Marvin13US #113
#65Randy13US #45
#66Russell13US #61
#67Walter13US #83
#68Wayne13US #59
#69Alan12US #57
#70Barry12US #87
#71Darrin12US #119
#72Dean12US #84
#73Harry12US #144
#74Henry12US #92
#75Theodore12US #149
#76Troy12US #48
#77Albert11US #100
#78Alfred11US #170
#79Dale11US #85
#80Martin11US #78
#81Arthur10US #96
#82Clarence10US #176
#83Darren10US #63
#84Edwin10US #152
#85Philip10US #86
#86Warren10US #167
#87Willie10US #93
#88Chris9US #55
#89Jonathan9US #65
#90Lee9US #106
#91Maurice9US #180
#92Roy9US #94
#93Allen8US #97
#94Angelo8
#95Dwayne8US #133
#96Glen8US #161
#97Jerry8US #41
#98Melvin8US #142
#99Ricky8US #64
#100Victor8US #101

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑32Suzanne#62
↑30Julie#31
↑30Lawrence#60
↑26Tina#21
↑26Jon#63
↑25Laurie#52
↑25Janet#61
↑25Sherry#67

Falling

↓40Allen#93
↓39Philip#85
↓38Jerry#97
↓27Robin#40
↓27Annette#95
↓27Wayne#68
↓26Angela#43
↓25Gail#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.