State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,238 Delaware births in 1970 across 350 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#55Francis#192 nationally
#45Harry#169 nationally
#77Fred#183 nationally
#95Meganoutside the national top 200
#91Earl#173 nationally
#96Karl#177 nationally
#71Ralph#147 nationally
#92Edwin#167 nationally
#60Andre#134 nationally
#94Marie#154 nationally
#99Stanley#157 nationally
#86Dwayne#141 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer134US #1
#2Michelle126US #4
#3Kimberly117US #3
#4Lisa108US #2
#5Dawn100US #16
#6Christine61US #14
#7Laura61US #13
#8Patricia61US #24
#9Tracy61US #10
#10Kelly60US #20
#11Susan58US #15
#12Amy56US #5
#13Karen56US #12
#14Mary56US #9
#15Melissa54US #7
#16Tammy53US #8
#17Elizabeth52US #18
#18Stephanie49US #17
#19Tina49US #21
#20Nicole47US #30
#21Donna46US #32
#22Deborah42US #33
#23Angela40US #6
#24Heather38US #19
#25Michele38US #31
#26Pamela38US #26
#27Sharon38US #37
#28Denise37US #36
#29Cynthia34US #25
#30Shannon34US #22
#31Barbara33US #41
#32Julie33US #11
#33Kathleen33US #45
#34Christina32US #35
#35Lori31US #23
#36Sandra31US #27
#37Tracey31US #55
#38Andrea29US #43
#39Nancy28US #50
#40Theresa28US #53
#41Ann27US #62
#42Sheila27US #75
#43Tara27US #69
#44Robin26US #51
#45Valerie25US #97
#46Wendy25US #28
#47Linda24US #38
#48Catherine23US #59
#49Cheryl23US #44
#50Kristin23US #63
#51Rhonda23US #46
#52Brenda22US #40
#53Beth21US #92
#54Laurie21US #88
#55Sherry21US #60
#56Crystal20US #101
#57Rebecca20US #29
#58Carolyn19US #84
#59Dana19US #54
#60Jacqueline19US #66
#61Danielle18US #114
#62Jessica18US #98
#63Maria18US #39
#64Suzanne18US #87
#65Victoria18US #85
#66Carol17US #71
#67Debra17US #47
#68Diane17US #70
#69Katherine17US #67
#70Margaret17US #80
#71Sarah17US #65
#72Stacy17US #42
#73Teresa17US #34
#74Renee16US #68
#75Anne15US #112
#76April15US #82
#77Carla15US #94
#78Julia15US #121
#79Tanya15US #76
#80Stacey14US #48
#81Gina13US #61
#82Regina13US #86
#83Anita12US #127
#84Colleen12US #117
#85Deanna12US #90
#86Diana12US #89
#87Kristen12US #83
#88Leslie12US #64
#89Melanie12US #91
#90Paula12US #57
#91Sherri12US #122
#92Tamara12US #79
#93Jill11US #52
#94Marie11US #154
#95Megan11
#96Tiffany11US #99
#97Alicia10US #118
#98Anna10US #102
#99Beverly10US #150
#100Erica10US #129

Boys

#1Michael247US #1
#2John223US #4
#3Robert209US #5
#4James208US #2
#5David204US #3
#6William175US #7
#7Christopher131US #6
#8Joseph115US #16
#9Mark114US #9
#10Richard111US #10
#11Jeffrey106US #11
#12Thomas95US #17
#13Brian83US #8
#14Kevin76US #14
#15Charles74US #21
#16Matthew71US #24
#17Stephen70US #27
#18Daniel64US #19
#19Anthony63US #22
#20Scott63US #12
#21Steven62US #15
#22Donald55US #30
#23Eric53US #18
#24Paul53US #23
#25Timothy51US #20
#26Andrew50US #32
#27Edward45US #31
#28Gregory44US #26
#29Ronald43US #29
#30Keith40US #38
#31Kenneth39US #25
#32George36US #40
#33Patrick36US #33
#34Shawn36US #34
#35Sean34US #37
#36Craig33US #39
#37Jason32US #13
#38Wayne27US #80
#39Douglas26US #36
#40Dennis25US #46
#41Raymond24US #49
#42Larry22US #43
#43Todd22US #28
#44Gary20US #35
#45Harry20US #169
#46Jonathan20US #42
#47Lawrence20US #83
#48Gerald19US #67
#49Marcus18US #71
#50Marc17US #60
#51Aaron16US #52
#52Troy16US #41
#53Bryan15US #53
#54Carl15US #66
#55Francis15US #192
#56Frank15US #48
#57Walter15US #89
#58Jeffery14US #50
#59Russell14US #58
#60Andre13US #134
#61Bruce13US #94
#62Darren13US #75
#63Frederick13US #115
#64Henry13US #104
#65Jerry13US #45
#66Vincent13US #79
#67Albert12US #107
#68Dean12US #112
#69Jeremy12US #70
#70Peter12US #44
#71Ralph12US #147
#72Roger12US #61
#73Terry12US #54
#74Adam11US #72
#75Chris11US #63
#76Curtis11US #88
#77Fred11US #183
#78Martin11US #93
#79Samuel11US #62
#80Alan10US #91
#81Arthur10US #111
#82Benjamin10US #81
#83Brent10US #74
#84Derek10US #77
#85Derrick10US #96
#86Dwayne10US #141
#87Louis10US #124
#88Rodney10US #55
#89Barry9US #117
#90Corey9US #84
#91Earl9US #173
#92Edwin9US #167
#93Erik9US #101
#94Glenn9US #109
#95Jon9US #68
#96Karl9US #177
#97Lance9US #76
#98Phillip9US #73
#99Stanley9US #157
#100Victor9US #106

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑47Sheila#42
↑46Harry#45
↑36Danielle#61
↑28Henry#64
↑27Shannon#30
↑27Ann#41
↑27Sherry#55
↑26Laurie#54

Falling

↓42Paula#90
↓35Teresa#73
↓34Louis#87
↓33Peter#70
↓32Diane#68
↓27Stanley#99
↓25Carol#66
↓24Rebecca#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.