State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,799 Delaware births in 1981 across 303 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#64Dwayneoutside the national top 200
#81Ernest#193 nationally
#92Earloutside the national top 200
#68Adrienne#174 nationally
#95Harryoutside the national top 200
#83Jerome#183 nationally
#93Edwin#187 nationally
#70Wayne#156 nationally
#53Andre#133 nationally
#93Alexis#172 nationally
#67Albert#145 nationally
#62Walter#138 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer162US #1
#2Jessica87US #2
#3Melissa84US #5
#4Amy68US #6
#5Kimberly68US #13
#6Stephanie68US #8
#7Heather67US #10
#8Amanda66US #3
#9Sarah62US #4
#10Nicole59US #7
#11Elizabeth58US #9
#12Rebecca54US #12
#13Lauren53US #35
#14Christina50US #17
#15Erin49US #19
#16Laura47US #21
#17Tiffany45US #14
#18Kristin44US #31
#19Kelly43US #23
#20Megan43US #33
#21Crystal41US #16
#22Michelle39US #11
#23Angela38US #15
#24Lisa35US #18
#25Andrea34US #24
#26Christine33US #42
#27Danielle33US #30
#28Kristen33US #38
#29April31US #25
#30Mary30US #27
#31Shannon29US #32
#32Jamie28US #28
#33Lindsay28US #47
#34Rachel27US #22
#35Dawn25US #79
#36Tara25US #45
#37Katherine23US #39
#38Courtney22US #43
#39Amber21US #20
#40Emily21US #29
#41Erica21US #36
#42Dana20US #70
#43Karen20US #64
#44Kathryn20US #48
#45Sara20US #26
#46Stacey20US #83
#47Ashley19US #34
#48Carrie18US #55
#49Jill18US #78
#50Allison17US #57
#51Jaime17US #124
#52Julia17US #88
#53Katie17US #44
#54Latoya17US #69
#55Patricia17US #53
#56Kathleen16US #82
#57Barbara15US #119
#58Brandy15US #41
#59Julie15US #37
#60Susan15US #71
#61Brooke14US #52
#62Holly14US #63
#63Jacqueline14US #67
#64Catherine13US #73
#65Latasha13US #139
#66Tanya13US #92
#67Valerie13US #89
#68Adrienne12US #174
#69Leah12US #81
#70Maria12US #40
#71Samantha12US #51
#72Tina12US #80
#73Pamela11US #76
#74Tammy11US #117
#75Theresa11US #100
#76Alison10US #113
#77Diana10US #75
#78Joanna10US #154
#79Kristina10US #72
#80Melanie10US #66
#81Sandra10US #74
#82Sharon10US #130
#83Tracy10US #77
#84Victoria10US #87
#85Denise9US #96
#86Lindsey9US #58
#87Margaret9US #107
#88Michele9US #127
#89Monica9US #49
#90Monique9US #103
#91Stacy9US #65
#92Abigail8US #156
#93Alexis8US #172
#94Alicia8US #46
#95Anna8US #54
#96Brenda8US #112
#97Candice8US #86
#98Cynthia8US #59
#99Jillian8US #137
#100Katrina8US #95

Boys

#1Michael268US #1
#2James140US #7
#3Christopher136US #2
#4Matthew136US #3
#5John122US #8
#6Jason120US #4
#7David111US #5
#8Robert107US #9
#9William103US #15
#10Brian101US #14
#11Joseph95US #11
#12Daniel72US #10
#13Kevin69US #25
#14Ryan63US #13
#15Thomas63US #26
#16Joshua59US #6
#17Jonathan56US #16
#18Andrew54US #18
#19Eric54US #17
#20Mark53US #33
#21Brandon51US #19
#22Richard50US #27
#23Justin48US #12
#24Charles47US #31
#25Jeffrey47US #29
#26Anthony46US #23
#27Stephen46US #39
#28Steven46US #28
#29Nicholas43US #21
#30Aaron42US #30
#31Timothy39US #24
#32Adam35US #20
#33Jeremy35US #22
#34Sean34US #44
#35Shawn32US #49
#36Gregory31US #46
#37Paul31US #35
#38Scott31US #34
#39Keith30US #58
#40Edward29US #51
#41Jesse29US #37
#42Kenneth29US #41
#43Donald28US #56
#44Patrick27US #38
#45Gary21US #62
#46Benjamin19US #32
#47Bryan19US #48
#48George19US #61
#49Samuel19US #54
#50Brett17US #79
#51Larry17US #73
#52Vincent17US #107
#53Andre16US #133
#54Douglas16US #64
#55Peter15US #55
#56Philip15US #84
#57Kyle14US #52
#58Ronald14US #59
#59Todd14US #74
#60Troy14US #114
#61Carl13US #106
#62Walter13US #138
#63Dennis12US #83
#64Dwayne12
#65Jamie12US #118
#66Nathan12US #36
#67Albert11US #145
#68Ian11US #101
#69Marcus11US #67
#70Wayne11US #156
#71Frank10US #82
#72Jacob10US #43
#73Jose10US #45
#74Lawrence10US #125
#75Raymond10US #68
#76Alan9US #112
#77Brent9US #88
#78Curtis9US #94
#79Derek9US #53
#80Derrick9US #78
#81Ernest9US #193
#82Jared9US #57
#83Jerome9US #183
#84Phillip9US #66
#85Travis9US #40
#86Allen8US #131
#87Antonio8US #75
#88Bradley8US #50
#89Bruce8US #164
#90Chad8US #47
#91Craig8US #72
#92Earl8
#93Edwin8US #187
#94Erik8US #76
#95Harry8
#96Jay8US #153
#97Nathaniel8US #80
#98Zachary8US #63
#99Adrian7US #115
#100Alexander7US #70

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑44Philip#56
↑41Lindsay#33
↑39Brandy#58
↑38Jill#49
↑38Vincent#52
↑36Julia#52
↑35Jaime#51
↑33Courtney#38

Falling

↓42Chad#90
↓40Tracy#83
↓31Erik#94
↓31Alexander#100
↓30Alison#76
↓30Bruce#89
↓28Bradley#88
↓26Julie#59

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.