State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,005 Delaware births in 1969 across 358 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#51Francis#189 nationally
#90Franklinoutside the national top 200
#72Rose#172 nationally
#65Joanne#156 nationally
#62Andre#149 nationally
#100Alfred#185 nationally
#72Stanley#155 nationally
#91Harry#171 nationally
#42Crystal#118 nationally
#95Norman#169 nationally
#93Melvin#162 nationally
#53Louis#121 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly128US #4
#2Lisa128US #1
#3Jennifer109US #3
#4Dawn86US #21
#5Michelle85US #2
#6Susan67US #11
#7Amy61US #6
#8Tammy60US #9
#9Melissa59US #5
#10Karen57US #13
#11Pamela56US #24
#12Christine55US #14
#13Mary55US #8
#14Michele55US #30
#15Kelly54US #15
#16Elizabeth52US #16
#17Patricia51US #18
#18Deborah47US #27
#19Heather46US #34
#20Laura46US #10
#21Cynthia42US #23
#22Stephanie42US #19
#23Tina42US #22
#24Tracy42US #17
#25Angela41US #7
#26Julie38US #12
#27Sharon38US #36
#28Lori37US #20
#29Donna36US #26
#30Linda34US #33
#31Denise33US #35
#32Kathleen33US #42
#33Rebecca32US #28
#34Robin31US #46
#35Christina30US #37
#36Diane29US #61
#37Barbara27US #39
#38Teresa26US #32
#39Wendy26US #29
#40Jacqueline25US #62
#41Carol24US #56
#42Crystal24US #118
#43Cheryl23US #41
#44Dana23US #60
#45Nicole23US #47
#46Tracey23US #65
#47Nancy22US #45
#48Paula22US #50
#49Andrea21US #48
#50Brenda21US #38
#51Debra21US #43
#52Beth20US #82
#53Sandra20US #25
#54Theresa20US #49
#55Catherine19US #58
#56Monica19US #59
#57Shannon19US #31
#58Tanya18US #91
#59April17US #97
#60Julia17US #100
#61Maria17US #40
#62Stacey17US #52
#63Valerie17US #85
#64Victoria17US #83
#65Joanne16US #156
#66Stacy16US #53
#67Suzanne16US #75
#68Ann15US #57
#69Holly15US #87
#70Kathryn15US #104
#71Lynn15US #103
#72Rose15US #172
#73Veronica15US #108
#74Carolyn14US #71
#75Kristin14US #76
#76Rhonda14US #44
#77Carla13US #90
#78Katherine13US #70
#79Kristen13US #96
#80Laurie13US #79
#81Margaret13US #73
#82Sherry13US #55
#83Tonya13US #54
#84Yvonne13US #143
#85Gina12US #63
#86Jill12US #51
#87Leslie12US #64
#88Regina12US #86
#89Sheila12US #68
#90Sherri12US #106
#91Annette11US #113
#92Bonnie11US #128
#93Colleen11US #109
#94Deanna11US #88
#95Kristine11US #110
#96Cindy10US #74
#97Danielle10US #111
#98Diana10US #81
#99Kathy10US #77
#100Kellie10US #130

Boys

#1Michael252US #1
#2John206US #4
#3Robert201US #5
#4David196US #2
#5William175US #6
#6James170US #3
#7Christopher126US #7
#8Brian113US #9
#9Mark104US #8
#10Richard103US #10
#11Jeffrey96US #11
#12Joseph96US #15
#13Charles91US #19
#14Thomas90US #13
#15Scott80US #12
#16Daniel78US #18
#17Kevin70US #16
#18Steven68US #14
#19Timothy59US #17
#20Paul57US #22
#21Stephen57US #27
#22Anthony55US #20
#23Eric54US #21
#24Gregory54US #26
#25Matthew54US #24
#26Ronald53US #29
#27Edward48US #32
#28Andrew42US #33
#29Kenneth41US #23
#30George39US #38
#31Patrick37US #31
#32Donald33US #30
#33Keith29US #36
#34Douglas28US #34
#35Gary28US #35
#36Wayne28US #75
#37Peter27US #43
#38Sean26US #37
#39Craig25US #39
#40Frank25US #47
#41Shawn25US #41
#42Todd23US #28
#43Jonathan21US #46
#44Larry21US #40
#45Raymond20US #50
#46Troy20US #42
#47Bryan19US #51
#48Jason19US #25
#49Walter18US #84
#50Bruce17US #72
#51Francis17US #189
#52Carl16US #62
#53Louis15US #121
#54Marc15US #63
#55Vincent15US #70
#56Alan14US #76
#57Jerry14US #45
#58Martin14US #78
#59Russell14US #57
#60Aaron13US #61
#61Albert13US #108
#62Andre13US #149
#63Dale13US #96
#64Dennis13US #44
#65Jeffery13US #48
#66Lawrence13US #71
#67Philip13US #86
#68Curtis12US #81
#69Eugene12US #131
#70Gerald12US #65
#71Ralph12US #126
#72Stanley12US #155
#73Chris11US #66
#74Frederick11US #116
#75Marvin11US #139
#76Rodney11US #49
#77Samuel11US #64
#78Barry10US #99
#79Benjamin10US #91
#80Corey10US #58
#81Glenn10US #88
#82Micheal10US #120
#83Tyrone10US #137
#84Willie10US #101
#85Allen9US #111
#86Billy9US #77
#87Bobby9US #82
#88Derrick9US #107
#89Dwayne9US #144
#90Franklin9
#91Harry9US #171
#92Henry9US #100
#93Melvin9US #162
#94Nicholas9US #123
#95Norman9US #169
#96Randall9US #85
#97Roger9US #59
#98Terry9US #52
#99Theodore9US #153
#100Alfred8US #185

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑52Heather#19
↑50Crystal#42
↑44Jason#48
↑38Martin#58
↑31Dana#44
↑30Carl#52
↑28Jacqueline#40
↑28Jeffery#65

Falling

↓42Jill#86
↓32Henry#92
↓32Theodore#99
↓30Dwayne#89
↓30Randall#96
↓30Alfred#100
↓29Sandra#53
↓29Catherine#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.