State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,184 Delaware births in 1977 across 301 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#57Francisoutside the national top 200
#74Cliffordoutside the national top 200
#83Duaneoutside the national top 200
#96Devonoutside the national top 200
#98Howardoutside the national top 200
#61Dwayne#163 nationally
#84Edwin#180 nationally
#86Jermaine#172 nationally
#31Lauren#114 nationally
#95Aisha#175 nationally
#77Laurie#153 nationally
#47Alison#122 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer171US #1
#2Heather73US #5
#3Amy70US #3
#4Melissa70US #2
#5Michelle66US #7
#6Kelly64US #10
#7Kimberly58US #8
#8Nicole56US #15
#9Angela53US #6
#10Jessica50US #4
#11Amanda49US #9
#12Stephanie48US #14
#13Rebecca47US #17
#14Erin43US #23
#15Shannon43US #19
#16Lisa41US #12
#17Elizabeth39US #13
#18Christina36US #16
#19Danielle35US #31
#20Sarah35US #11
#21Dawn34US #43
#22Christine32US #30
#23Andrea31US #24
#24Jamie31US #18
#25Laura30US #20
#26Crystal29US #25
#27Karen29US #32
#28Megan28US #54
#29Julie25US #22
#30Mary23US #21
#31Lauren22US #114
#32Lori22US #57
#33Susan22US #45
#34Tammy22US #55
#35Tiffany22US #34
#36Jaime21US #46
#37Kathryn21US #70
#38Tina21US #58
#39April20US #29
#40Carrie20US #28
#41Tara20US #35
#42Jill19US #41
#43Michele19US #77
#44Sandra19US #61
#45Stacey19US #56
#46Teresa19US #79
#47Alison17US #122
#48Katherine17US #44
#49Sara17US #27
#50Kristen16US #72
#51Kristin16US #82
#52Melanie16US #53
#53Stacy16US #42
#54Allison15US #66
#55Erica15US #38
#56Alicia14US #60
#57Renee14US #87
#58Tanya14US #67
#59Anne13US #123
#60Cynthia13US #48
#61Tonya13US #64
#62Amber12US #33
#63Barbara12US #101
#64Dana12US #62
#65Donna12US #113
#66Katie12US #115
#67Linda12US #99
#68Lindsay12US #110
#69Pamela12US #102
#70Samantha12US #85
#71Victoria12US #107
#72Wendy12US #49
#73Catherine11US #75
#74Courtney11US #76
#75Holly11US #52
#76Kristy11US #68
#77Laurie11US #153
#78Rachel11US #26
#79Brenda10US #91
#80Deanna10US #138
#81Monica10US #39
#82Tamara10US #93
#83Tracy10US #50
#84Valerie10US #86
#85Adrienne9US #159
#86Beth9US #97
#87Carla9US #137
#88Colleen9US #145
#89Diana9US #100
#90Diane9US #164
#91Joy9US #136
#92Kathleen9US #80
#93Leslie9US #65
#94Robin9US #84
#95Aisha8US #175
#96Anna8US #74
#97Carolyn8US #129
#98Christy8US #59
#99Emily8US #37
#100Jaclyn8US #148

Boys

#1Michael217US #1
#2Jason144US #2
#3John137US #7
#4Christopher124US #3
#5Robert119US #6
#6James118US #5
#7David114US #4
#8Brian108US #8
#9Matthew100US #9
#10William94US #12
#11Joseph81US #10
#12Charles65US #26
#13Daniel63US #11
#14Jeffrey63US #19
#15Kevin63US #13
#16Thomas61US #22
#17Timothy56US #18
#18Richard55US #20
#19Eric49US #17
#20Andrew46US #24
#21Mark45US #25
#22Ryan41US #16
#23Steven39US #23
#24Jonathan37US #28
#25Joshua36US #14
#26Shawn36US #37
#27Gregory34US #35
#28Kenneth34US #39
#29Stephen33US #38
#30Paul32US #31
#31Jeremy30US #15
#32Aaron29US #32
#33Anthony29US #21
#34George29US #57
#35Scott29US #27
#36Bryan27US #42
#37Ronald27US #53
#38Adam26US #33
#39Edward26US #47
#40Donald24US #46
#41Keith23US #48
#42Peter23US #55
#43Benjamin20US #29
#44Craig20US #64
#45Samuel19US #60
#46Sean19US #43
#47Douglas18US #59
#48Todd17US #50
#49Chad16US #34
#50Frank16US #71
#51Justin15US #30
#52Nathan15US #36
#53Phillip14US #70
#54Walter14US #123
#55Gary13US #58
#56Raymond13US #65
#57Francis12
#58Philip12US #90
#59Troy12US #88
#60Brandon11US #41
#61Dwayne11US #163
#62Larry11US #62
#63Lawrence11US #115
#64Nicholas11US #51
#65Terry11US #83
#66Wesley11US #66
#67Bradley10US #49
#68Henry10US #127
#69Patrick10US #40
#70Allen9US #144
#71Brad9US #106
#72Brent9US #85
#73Bruce9US #148
#74Clifford9
#75Corey9US #52
#76Damon9US #112
#77Erik9US #94
#78Jose9US #45
#79Alan8US #126
#80Andre8US #134
#81Cory8US #67
#82Dennis8US #68
#83Duane8
#84Edwin8US #180
#85Jamie8US #82
#86Jermaine8US #172
#87Jesse8US #54
#88Marc8US #101
#89Shane8US #61
#90Wayne8US #138
#91Alexander7US #96
#92Antonio7US #77
#93Carl7US #99
#94Carlos7US #74
#95Christian7US #116
#96Devon7
#97Frederick7US #152
#98Howard7
#99Jacob7US #56
#100Jeremiah7US #69

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑49Sandra#44
↑44Walter#54
↑40Kathryn#37
↑36Teresa#46
↑34Renee#57
↑33Lawrence#63
↑32Sara#49
↑22Barbara#63

Falling

↓48Leslie#93
↓40Frederick#97
↓37Catherine#73
↓36Shane#89
↓33Cynthia#60
↓32Wendy#72
↓31Robin#94
↓29Emily#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.