State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 5,854 Delaware births in 1976 across 288 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#65Francisoutside the national top 200
#76Dorothyoutside the national top 200
#89Carltonoutside the national top 200
#64Dwayne#175 nationally
#90Cliffordoutside the national top 200
#95Gabrielleoutside the national top 200
#97Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#57Frederick#145 nationally
#79Harold#162 nationally
#78Ernest#160 nationally
#67Louis#142 nationally
#80Nichole#148 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer173US #1
#2Amy92US #2
#3Heather68US #4
#4Kimberly68US #7
#5Melissa62US #3
#6Michelle56US #6
#7Nicole55US #13
#8Christina53US #14
#9Angela50US #5
#10Kelly46US #19
#11Stephanie46US #11
#12Lisa45US #9
#13Amanda41US #10
#14Laura41US #20
#15Shannon41US #17
#16Elizabeth39US #16
#17Jessica39US #8
#18Mary39US #22
#19Erin34US #24
#20Rebecca32US #12
#21Stacey29US #51
#22Andrea28US #25
#23Jaime26US #29
#24Danielle25US #33
#25Kristin25US #74
#26Dawn24US #35
#27Cynthia23US #44
#28Jamie23US #18
#29Karen23US #31
#30Tara23US #42
#31Sarah22US #15
#32April21US #30
#33Carrie21US #28
#34Julie20US #21
#35Susan20US #40
#36Catherine19US #72
#37Christine19US #26
#38Crystal19US #36
#39Lori19US #47
#40Wendy18US #39
#41Denise17US #69
#42Erica17US #54
#43Katherine17US #57
#44Kristen17US #73
#45Leslie17US #65
#46Megan17US #62
#47Sharon17US #81
#48Stacy17US #38
#49Michele16US #63
#50Tina16US #48
#51Dana15US #64
#52Deborah15US #96
#53Pamela15US #84
#54Tammy15US #41
#55Tanya15US #61
#56Tiffany15US #32
#57Allison14US #67
#58Patricia14US #43
#59Theresa14US #89
#60Tracy14US #37
#61Jill13US #52
#62Rachel13US #23
#63Robin13US #75
#64Valerie13US #83
#65Courtney12US #76
#66Melanie12US #53
#67Alicia11US #71
#68Brenda11US #77
#69Colleen11US #136
#70Emily11US #50
#71Holly11US #56
#72Jacqueline11US #99
#73Natalie11US #80
#74Amber10US #49
#75Donna10US #93
#76Dorothy10
#77Kathryn10US #88
#78Kristina10US #97
#79Monica10US #45
#80Nichole10US #148
#81Sara10US #27
#82Teresa10US #66
#83Victoria10US #92
#84Anna9US #78
#85Barbara9US #98
#86Beth9US #114
#87Diana9US #101
#88Kathleen9US #82
#89Maria9US #34
#90Nancy9US #87
#91Renee9US #86
#92Samantha9US #85
#93Sandra9US #59
#94Tamara9US #91
#95Gabrielle8
#96Gina8US #94
#97Gwendolyn8
#98Joanna8US #152
#99Jodi8US #102
#100Kendra8US #157

Boys

#1Michael220US #1
#2Christopher147US #3
#3John124US #6
#4David121US #4
#5Jason118US #2
#6James117US #5
#7Robert114US #7
#8Brian99US #8
#9William81US #11
#10Matthew78US #9
#11Daniel75US #10
#12Mark62US #25
#13Kevin61US #15
#14Thomas59US #23
#15Joseph58US #12
#16Charles55US #26
#17Richard55US #19
#18Eric52US #13
#19Jeffrey49US #17
#20Anthony47US #22
#21Stephen46US #37
#22Andrew41US #27
#23Steven41US #20
#24Scott38US #24
#25Timothy38US #21
#26Shawn37US #34
#27Ryan36US #16
#28Gregory35US #35
#29Paul35US #28
#30Joshua33US #18
#31Jonathan32US #31
#32Kenneth32US #38
#33Aaron29US #30
#34Bryan28US #43
#35Edward28US #45
#36Keith26US #48
#37Ronald26US #49
#38Jeremy25US #14
#39Sean24US #42
#40Benjamin21US #32
#41George21US #53
#42Samuel21US #59
#43Adam20US #36
#44Donald20US #47
#45Gary20US #52
#46Chad17US #29
#47Raymond17US #65
#48Peter16US #54
#49Craig15US #61
#50Philip15US #89
#51Nathan14US #39
#52Nicholas14US #77
#53Shane14US #57
#54Patrick13US #41
#55Todd13US #50
#56Douglas12US #56
#57Frederick12US #145
#58Frank11US #68
#59Henry11US #122
#60Larry11US #60
#61Martin11US #118
#62Andre10US #125
#63Damon10US #104
#64Dwayne10US #175
#65Francis10
#66Justin10US #33
#67Louis10US #142
#68Travis10US #46
#69Vincent10US #106
#70Brad9US #108
#71Dennis9US #66
#72Jamie9US #62
#73Juan9US #58
#74Roger9US #103
#75Terry9US #75
#76Brandon8US #40
#77Erik8US #94
#78Ernest8US #160
#79Harold8US #162
#80Jeffery8US #76
#81Joel8US #72
#82Kyle8US #80
#83Russell8US #87
#84Wayne8US #131
#85Alexander7US #107
#86Bradley7US #51
#87Brett7US #109
#88Bruce7US #148
#89Carlton7
#90Clifford7
#91Jerry7US #67
#92Jesse7US #55
#93Johnny7US #92
#94Jose7US #44
#95Lance7US #144
#96Lawrence7US #113
#97Randall7US #133
#98Walter7US #127
#99Zachary7US #97
#100Albert6US #136

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑50Leslie#45
↑45Jamie#28
↑42Erica#42
↑36Lori#39
↑27Nicholas#52
↑25Denise#41
↑24Brenda#68
↑23Stacey#21

Falling

↓41Sandra#93
↓40Renee#91
↓34Jill#61
↓34Walter#98
↓33Jerry#91
↓29Tracy#60
↓29Robin#63
↓28Christine#37

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.