State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,715 Delaware births in 1971 across 348 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#75Judithoutside the national top 200
#80Hopeoutside the national top 200
#83Alvinoutside the national top 200
#86Francisoutside the national top 200
#90Jermaineoutside the national top 200
#92Leroyoutside the national top 200
#71Harry#175 nationally
#84Charlene#178 nationally
#82Theodore#166 nationally
#78Dwayne#157 nationally
#73Leonard#146 nationally
#54Christian#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer178US #1
#2Kimberly103US #4
#3Lisa102US #3
#4Michelle93US #2
#5Dawn76US #14
#6Amy73US #5
#7Karen63US #15
#8Melissa58US #7
#9Tammy53US #8
#10Angela48US #6
#11Heather48US #12
#12Susan48US #17
#13Christine45US #18
#14Mary45US #9
#15Tracy45US #13
#16Nicole44US #27
#17Kelly41US #22
#18Elizabeth40US #19
#19Julie40US #10
#20Laura40US #16
#21Stephanie39US #11
#22Patricia37US #26
#23Wendy36US #29
#24Michele35US #39
#25Cynthia33US #24
#26Sharon33US #40
#27Stacy33US #32
#28Donna32US #38
#29Andrea31US #35
#30Crystal30US #79
#31Lori30US #25
#32Sandra29US #31
#33Tanya29US #72
#34Tina29US #20
#35Denise28US #36
#36Pamela28US #28
#37Shannon27US #21
#38Theresa27US #61
#39Deborah26US #33
#40Sherry26US #60
#41Tara26US #49
#42Christina25US #30
#43Victoria25US #97
#44Dana24US #44
#45Rebecca23US #23
#46Catherine22US #65
#47Jessica22US #64
#48Katherine22US #67
#49Sarah22US #58
#50Teresa21US #34
#51Cheryl20US #50
#52Holly20US #76
#53Carrie19US #55
#54Jill19US #59
#55Monica19US #48
#56Nancy19US #52
#57April18US #56
#58Carolyn18US #104
#59Linda18US #42
#60Robin18US #51
#61Suzanne18US #88
#62Tonya18US #45
#63Barbara17US #47
#64Stacey17US #41
#65Beth16US #100
#66Brenda16US #43
#67Colleen16US #121
#68Jacqueline16US #75
#69Tracey16US #74
#70Ann15US #78
#71Carla15US #107
#72Diane14US #83
#73Leslie14US #68
#74Paula14US #63
#75Judith13
#76Kathleen13US #53
#77Rachel13US #54
#78Renee13US #73
#79Erin12US #93
#80Hope12
#81Maria12US #37
#82Valerie12US #102
#83Anne11US #122
#84Charlene11US #178
#85Debra11US #57
#86Diana11US #82
#87Heidi11US #77
#88Kathryn11US #111
#89Kathy11US #91
#90Laurie11US #96
#91Lynn11US #128
#92Melanie11US #66
#93Rhonda11US #46
#94Sheila11US #81
#95Sherri11US #123
#96Tiffany11US #62
#97Anita10US #127
#98Danielle10US #99
#99Erica10US #108
#100Janet10US #112

Boys

#1Michael275US #1
#2John194US #4
#3David186US #3
#4James175US #2
#5Robert166US #5
#6William130US #7
#7Brian123US #9
#8Christopher122US #6
#9Joseph93US #15
#10Thomas92US #17
#11Richard85US #11
#12Scott81US #10
#13Jeffrey79US #12
#14Steven79US #16
#15Matthew78US #19
#16Charles76US #22
#17Eric76US #18
#18Mark73US #13
#19Daniel71US #20
#20Kevin63US #14
#21Timothy57US #21
#22Jason56US #8
#23Edward49US #32
#24Gregory49US #26
#25Paul48US #24
#26Stephen46US #27
#27Sean45US #36
#28Ronald43US #31
#29Keith41US #37
#30Shawn41US #28
#31Jonathan40US #40
#32Anthony39US #23
#33Kenneth34US #25
#34Andrew33US #33
#35Donald32US #34
#36Wayne31US #92
#37George29US #42
#38Douglas28US #39
#39Aaron26US #41
#40Patrick26US #35
#41Peter26US #47
#42Gary25US #38
#43Raymond25US #52
#44Todd23US #30
#45Bryan22US #48
#46Adam21US #57
#47Walter21US #91
#48Carl19US #72
#49Craig18US #43
#50Frank17US #54
#51Vincent17US #87
#52Chad16US #29
#53Dennis16US #49
#54Christian15US #122
#55Larry15US #44
#56Lawrence15US #85
#57Samuel15US #66
#58Troy15US #46
#59Albert14US #119
#60Gerald14US #83
#61Martin14US #105
#62Antonio13US #110
#63Jerry13US #50
#64Marc13US #70
#65Bruce12US #108
#66Derrick12US #84
#67Erik12US #97
#68Victor12US #113
#69Corey11US #77
#70Darren11US #100
#71Harry11US #175
#72Jose11US #55
#73Leonard11US #146
#74Russell11US #64
#75Alan10US #99
#76Arthur10US #117
#77Benjamin10US #69
#78Dwayne10US #157
#79Jeremy10US #45
#80Rodney10US #59
#81Roger10US #71
#82Theodore10US #166
#83Alvin9
#84Curtis9US #89
#85Ernest9US #143
#86Francis9
#87Frederick9US #109
#88Glenn9US #127
#89Jack9US #132
#90Jermaine9
#91Jesse9US #107
#92Leroy9
#93Nicholas9US #123
#94Philip9US #94
#95Phillip9US #76
#96Ralph9US #149
#97Terry9US #56
#98Andre8US #129
#99Brent8US #73
#100Derek8US #63

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑46Tanya#33
↑45Stacy#27
↑39Jill#54
↑32Victor#68
↑29Peter#41
↑28Adam#46
↑26Crystal#30
↑26Erik#67

Falling

↓52Sheila#94
↓43Kathleen#76
↓42Rhonda#93
↓38Andre#98
↓37Valerie#82
↓37Danielle#98
↓36Laurie#90
↓32Barbara#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.