State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,475 Delaware births in 1979 across 314 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#72Ralphoutside the national top 200
#83Deanoutside the national top 200
#85Francisoutside the national top 200
#88Lamaroutside the national top 200
#95Alexisoutside the national top 200
#79Ebony#184 nationally
#99Hopeoutside the national top 200
#50Wayne#149 nationally
#54Bruce#152 nationally
#60Adrienne#158 nationally
#79Tyrone#176 nationally
#37Ann#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer167US #1
#2Melissa85US #2
#3Heather61US #7
#4Nicole56US #9
#5Amanda54US #3
#6Angela54US #8
#7Jessica52US #4
#8Amy51US #5
#9Michelle49US #10
#10Kelly48US #16
#11Christina47US #14
#12Lisa47US #13
#13Kimberly46US #12
#14Elizabeth42US #11
#15Erin42US #21
#16Shannon40US #25
#17Andrea39US #26
#18Christine38US #35
#19Crystal37US #18
#20Lauren37US #45
#21Jamie36US #19
#22Katherine35US #36
#23Laura35US #20
#24Stephanie34US #15
#25Sarah29US #6
#26Dana28US #54
#27Dawn28US #57
#28Rebecca28US #17
#29Megan27US #31
#30Karen26US #46
#31April24US #23
#32Mary24US #24
#33Tiffany24US #28
#34Holly23US #48
#35Stacey23US #60
#36Amber20US #22
#37Ann20US #126
#38Danielle20US #33
#39Erica20US #32
#40Michele20US #105
#41Sara20US #30
#42Allison19US #70
#43Carrie19US #41
#44Katie19US #63
#45Susan19US #51
#46Alison17US #102
#47Julie17US #29
#48Melanie17US #53
#49Tracy17US #49
#50Emily16US #34
#51Kathryn16US #50
#52Kristen16US #62
#53Margaret16US #108
#54Stacy16US #43
#55Alicia15US #47
#56Catherine15US #78
#57Kathleen15US #84
#58Kristin15US #73
#59Rachel15US #27
#60Adrienne13US #158
#61Jacqueline13US #80
#62Mindy13US #81
#63Patricia13US #44
#64Tara13US #38
#65Tina13US #58
#66Wendy13US #64
#67Anna12US #59
#68Leslie12US #65
#69Monica12US #40
#70Samantha12US #66
#71Theresa12US #100
#72Christy11US #72
#73Courtney11US #71
#74Denise11US #92
#75Jill11US #52
#76Valerie11US #89
#77Carolyn10US #138
#78Cynthia10US #55
#79Ebony10US #184
#80Julia10US #122
#81Linda10US #114
#82Lori10US #69
#83Meghan10US #121
#84Nancy10US #107
#85Pamela10US #90
#86Ashley9US #67
#87Brenda9US #112
#88Cheryl9US #94
#89Gina9US #96
#90Katrina9US #99
#91Lindsay9US #88
#92Natasha9US #110
#93Nichole9US #103
#94Renee9US #101
#95Alexis8
#96Deborah8US #132
#97Debra8US #166
#98Donna8US #131
#99Hope8
#100Jaime8US #97

Boys

#1Michael231US #1
#2James133US #5
#3Robert133US #8
#4Christopher126US #2
#5David124US #4
#6Jason116US #3
#7John116US #7
#8William113US #13
#9Matthew97US #6
#10Brian95US #10
#11Joseph80US #11
#12Daniel74US #12
#13Andrew69US #20
#14Jeffrey61US #24
#15Kevin61US #19
#16Charles59US #28
#17Joshua57US #9
#18Thomas56US #26
#19Mark54US #30
#20Eric53US #17
#21Richard53US #25
#22Steven53US #27
#23Ryan50US #14
#24Nicholas49US #15
#25Timothy49US #18
#26Anthony45US #21
#27Jonathan45US #31
#28Stephen42US #40
#29Scott41US #29
#30Adam40US #23
#31Paul39US #34
#32Justin38US #22
#33Aaron34US #32
#34Patrick29US #39
#35Gregory28US #42
#36Jeremy26US #16
#37Kenneth26US #41
#38Bryan25US #46
#39George25US #57
#40Donald23US #51
#41Shawn23US #43
#42Keith22US #52
#43Sean22US #49
#44Gary20US #59
#45Jesse20US #50
#46Benjamin19US #33
#47Brandon19US #35
#48Edward19US #48
#49Ronald19US #54
#50Wayne17US #149
#51Larry16US #69
#52Phillip16US #68
#53Samuel16US #55
#54Bruce15US #152
#55Raymond15US #70
#56Shaun15US #64
#57Chad14US #38
#58Jose14US #44
#59Travis14US #36
#60Erik13US #66
#61Christian12US #120
#62Curtis12US #91
#63Dennis12US #75
#64Nathan12US #37
#65Peter12US #53
#66Philip12US #83
#67Walter12US #128
#68Corey11US #63
#69Jerry11US #85
#70Jon11US #118
#71Lawrence11US #122
#72Ralph11
#73Todd11US #60
#74Zachary11US #74
#75Ian10US #107
#76Kyle10US #56
#77Micheal10US #127
#78Troy10US #99
#79Tyrone10US #176
#80Vincent10US #109
#81Alexander9US #94
#82Antonio9US #79
#83Dean9
#84Douglas9US #58
#85Francis9
#86Frank9US #78
#87Jacob9US #45
#88Lamar9
#89Louis9US #148
#90Luis9US #102
#91Marcus9US #76
#92Maurice9US #160
#93Nathaniel9US #95
#94Russell9US #92
#95Albert8US #145
#96Arthur8US #144
#97Carl8US #100
#98Derek8US #72
#99Derrick8US #80
#100Kristopher8US #114

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑57Ann#37
↑50Dana#26
↑38Alicia#55
↑34Margaret#53
↑29Walter#67
↑28Amber#36
↑28Anna#67
↑26Patricia#63

Falling

↓55Jaime#100
↓48Jill#75
↓37Derek#98
↓36Douglas#84
↓36Francis#85
↓32Tina#65
↓31Deborah#96
↓28Lori#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.