State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,749 Delaware births in 1972 across 325 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#86Ruthoutside the national top 200
#83Harry#183 nationally
#74Howard#168 nationally
#74Alison#162 nationally
#85Nikki#173 nationally
#96Shawn#184 nationally
#81Duane#158 nationally
#50Bruce#121 nationally
#95Marvin#163 nationally
#77Tyrone#144 nationally
#57Allen#123 nationally
#79Angel#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer191US #1
#2Kimberly84US #4
#3Lisa78US #3
#4Michelle78US #2
#5Amy75US #5
#6Dawn64US #20
#7Stephanie62US #8
#8Mary54US #13
#9Melissa52US #7
#10Angela48US #6
#11Heather48US #9
#12Karen48US #21
#13Nicole45US #10
#14Christine43US #16
#15Donna41US #45
#16Kelly40US #23
#17Susan40US #24
#18Michele36US #36
#19Laura35US #17
#20Elizabeth34US #15
#21Tracy34US #19
#22Tammy33US #11
#23Rebecca32US #14
#24Patricia31US #27
#25Tara31US #38
#26Shannon30US #22
#27Tina30US #18
#28Christina28US #26
#29Deborah28US #43
#30Sharon27US #50
#31Cynthia26US #25
#32Julie25US #12
#33Andrea24US #30
#34Wendy24US #29
#35Lori23US #28
#36Theresa22US #68
#37Robin21US #55
#38Tanya21US #54
#39Barbara19US #58
#40Crystal19US #59
#41Denise19US #35
#42Stacy19US #33
#43Kathleen18US #57
#44Paula18US #72
#45Tonya18US #37
#46Dana17US #52
#47Danielle17US #73
#48Jessica17US #46
#49Sarah17US #49
#50Teresa17US #39
#51Tracey17US #88
#52April16US #48
#53Brenda16US #44
#54Pamela16US #34
#55Rhonda16US #60
#56Carol15US #109
#57Erin15US #93
#58Linda15US #51
#59Sandra15US #31
#60Sherry15US #70
#61Holly14US #71
#62Katina14US #117
#63Melanie14US #42
#64Tiffany14US #61
#65Allison13US #115
#66Erica13US #87
#67Katherine13US #69
#68Kristin13US #67
#69Kristine13US #127
#70Margaret13US #95
#71Nancy13US #63
#72Renee13US #77
#73Stacey13US #41
#74Alison12US #162
#75Ann12US #91
#76Debra12US #66
#77Maria12US #32
#78Tamara12US #84
#79Angel11US #145
#80Catherine11US #65
#81Deanna11US #107
#82Heidi11US #64
#83Jill11US #62
#84Kristen11US #85
#85Nikki11US #173
#86Ruth11
#87Suzanne11US #92
#88Valerie11US #100
#89Victoria11US #99
#90Anna10US #86
#91Cheryl10US #56
#92Diane10US #105
#93Jacqueline10US #79
#94Monica10US #47
#95Sara10US #101
#96Shawn10US #184
#97Shelly10US #94
#98Beth9US #113
#99Carrie9US #53
#100Christy9US #74

Boys

#1Michael191US #1
#2John177US #5
#3Christopher155US #2
#4Robert155US #6
#5James152US #3
#6David143US #4
#7William137US #9
#8Brian129US #8
#9Joseph80US #12
#10Charles75US #23
#11Scott74US #11
#12Eric71US #16
#13Jeffrey70US #17
#14Richard70US #14
#15Thomas70US #20
#16Mark66US #18
#17Matthew65US #10
#18Jason63US #7
#19Steven60US #19
#20Daniel56US #15
#21Anthony50US #22
#22Kevin50US #13
#23Stephen47US #29
#24Andrew45US #30
#25Keith39US #38
#26Shawn39US #28
#27Gregory38US #26
#28Jonathan38US #37
#29Kenneth38US #27
#30Donald37US #36
#31Edward35US #34
#32Sean34US #33
#33Paul32US #24
#34Ronald31US #32
#35Timothy30US #21
#36Craig25US #46
#37Douglas25US #43
#38George25US #44
#39Gary23US #41
#40Peter20US #48
#41Ryan19US #39
#42Benjamin17US #64
#43Chad17US #25
#44Marc17US #83
#45Adam16US #51
#46Dennis16US #52
#47Larry16US #47
#48Phillip16US #75
#49Shane16US #55
#50Bruce15US #121
#51Todd15US #31
#52Troy15US #49
#53Frank14US #56
#54Samuel14US #66
#55Vincent14US #105
#56Aaron13US #40
#57Allen13US #123
#58Bryan13US #45
#59Joshua13US #59
#60Patrick13US #35
#61Carl12US #85
#62Derek12US #67
#63Jeremy12US #42
#64Jesse12US #88
#65Lawrence12US #101
#66Rodney12US #65
#67Brandon11US #63
#68Erik11US #86
#69Gerald11US #102
#70Louis11US #130
#71Raymond11US #54
#72Arthur10US #119
#73Brent10US #77
#74Howard10US #168
#75Jerry10US #53
#76Philip10US #104
#77Tyrone10US #144
#78Wayne10US #103
#79Albert9US #112
#80Christian9US #96
#81Duane9US #158
#82Frederick9US #116
#83Harry9US #183
#84Jamie9US #72
#85Victor9US #107
#86Barry8US #148
#87Brett8US #80
#88Darren8US #106
#89Derrick8US #91
#90Jermaine8US #135
#91Joel8US #78
#92Jon8US #89
#93Lee8US #125
#94Marcus8US #71
#95Marvin8US #163
#96Nicholas8US #99
#97Ralph8US #159
#98Roy8US #114
#99Russell8US #69
#100Shannon8US #94

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑51Danielle#47
↑47Phillip#48
↑38Rhonda#55
↑38Derek#62
↑35Benjamin#42
↑33Kathleen#43
↑33Erica#66
↑32Tiffany#64

Falling

↓46Victoria#89
↓46Carrie#99
↓42Wayne#78
↓40Cheryl#91
↓39Monica#94
↓34Catherine#80
↓33Beth#98
↓29Jill#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.