State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,849 Delaware births in 1980 across 322 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#62Dwayneoutside the national top 200
#78Eugene#191 nationally
#85Dale#198 nationally
#94Francisoutside the national top 200
#99Dorothyoutside the national top 200
#59Bruce#157 nationally
#79Ebony#175 nationally
#72Frederick#161 nationally
#65Jermaine#149 nationally
#85Bonnie#166 nationally
#68Wayne#146 nationally
#58Andre#133 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer169US #1
#2Jessica80US #3
#3Melissa79US #4
#4Amanda65US #2
#5Heather65US #6
#6Elizabeth61US #9
#7Sarah60US #5
#8Stephanie60US #13
#9Christina57US #15
#10Erin56US #20
#11Lisa56US #16
#12Michelle54US #10
#13Kimberly51US #11
#14Amy50US #8
#15Kelly50US #19
#16Nicole49US #7
#17Angela45US #12
#18Tiffany45US #14
#19Christine42US #41
#20Rebecca42US #17
#21Laura41US #21
#22Lauren39US #38
#23Crystal36US #18
#24Danielle36US #33
#25Kristin33US #37
#26Erica32US #34
#27Mary32US #25
#28Megan32US #30
#29Sara32US #27
#30Shannon29US #29
#31Jamie28US #24
#32April27US #26
#33Julie27US #32
#34Rachel27US #23
#35Karen25US #54
#36Katherine25US #35
#37Kristen25US #39
#38Amber23US #22
#39Andrea23US #28
#40Dawn21US #67
#41Stacey21US #74
#42Susan20US #62
#43Tracy19US #56
#44Ashley18US #40
#45Kathryn18US #50
#46Alison17US #101
#47Patricia17US #51
#48Tara17US #43
#49Samantha16US #58
#50Brooke15US #57
#51Emily15US #31
#52Katie15US #44
#53Pamela15US #86
#54Tanya15US #88
#55Kristina14US #73
#56Melanie14US #60
#57Melinda14US #92
#58Tina14US #72
#59Brandi13US #63
#60Carrie13US #46
#61Catherine13US #77
#62Dana13US #68
#63Kristy13US #78
#64Linda13US #110
#65Lori13US #76
#66Stacy13US #53
#67Theresa13US #104
#68Alicia12US #47
#69Anna12US #55
#70Beth12US #106
#71Courtney12US #48
#72Krista12US #121
#73Leslie12US #61
#74Lindsay12US #71
#75Maria12US #36
#76Carolyn11US #147
#77Cheryl11US #119
#78Diana11US #118
#79Ebony11US #175
#80Holly11US #52
#81Rachael11US #142
#82Tamara11US #108
#83Allison10US #59
#84Barbara10US #120
#85Bonnie10US #166
#86Jaime10US #116
#87Jill10US #66
#88Julia10US #98
#89Kathleen10US #82
#90Michele10US #126
#91Monica10US #45
#92Monique10US #93
#93Renee10US #107
#94Tammy10US #96
#95Victoria10US #103
#96Adrienne9US #170
#97Brandy9US #42
#98Colleen9US #137
#99Dorothy9
#100Natalie9US #65

Boys

#1Michael231US #1
#2Jason145US #3
#3John142US #8
#4James138US #5
#5Robert128US #9
#6Christopher127US #2
#7William121US #14
#8Matthew112US #6
#9David107US #4
#10Brian96US #12
#11Joseph78US #10
#12Daniel76US #11
#13Kevin69US #23
#14Andrew68US #19
#15Jeffrey64US #27
#16Anthony61US #24
#17Joshua57US #7
#18Timothy57US #20
#19Eric55US #16
#20Richard55US #26
#21Thomas55US #25
#22Ryan52US #15
#23Jonathan50US #21
#24Justin50US #13
#25Charles49US #29
#26Mark49US #30
#27Steven42US #28
#28Patrick41US #38
#29Nicholas40US #17
#30Paul39US #35
#31Stephen38US #40
#32Jeremy37US #18
#33Kenneth31US #41
#34Adam29US #22
#35Scott29US #33
#36Aaron27US #34
#37Brandon26US #31
#38George26US #60
#39Shawn26US #47
#40Bryan25US #49
#41Jesse25US #45
#42Donald24US #53
#43Gregory24US #42
#44Sean24US #48
#45Benjamin22US #32
#46Keith22US #56
#47Ronald20US #58
#48Chad19US #39
#49Peter19US #55
#50Douglas18US #62
#51Edward18US #52
#52Shaun18US #79
#53Jamie15US #105
#54Raymond15US #66
#55Derrick14US #74
#56Gary14US #63
#57Nathan14US #36
#58Andre13US #133
#59Bruce13US #157
#60Bradley12US #51
#61Derek12US #50
#62Dwayne12
#63Erik12US #64
#64Frank12US #81
#65Jermaine12US #149
#66Larry12US #70
#67Phillip12US #65
#68Wayne12US #146
#69Alexander11US #91
#70Curtis11US #89
#71Dennis11US #80
#72Frederick11US #161
#73Jacob11US #43
#74Lawrence11US #129
#75Samuel11US #54
#76Travis11US #37
#77Carl10US #103
#78Eugene10US #191
#79Jeremiah10US #76
#80Jose10US #46
#81Wesley10US #95
#82Christian9US #118
#83Corey9US #68
#84Craig9US #73
#85Dale9US #198
#86Dustin9US #44
#87Ian9US #104
#88Joel9US #67
#89Russell9US #92
#90Vincent9US #111
#91Walter9US #137
#92Arthur8US #147
#93Cory8US #83
#94Francis8
#95Jared8US #61
#96Jeffery8US #90
#97Jerry8US #94
#98Louis8US #151
#99Marcus8US #71
#100Philip8US #82

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑44Derrick#55
↑42Ashley#44
↑37Derek#61
↑34Douglas#50
↑33Kristin#25
↑32Pamela#53
↑25Rachel#34
↑22Frank#64

Falling

↓50Michele#90
↓46Holly#80
↓41Allison#83
↓36Dana#62
↓36Adrienne#96
↓34Philip#100
↓32Kathleen#89
↓28Jerry#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.