State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,884 Delaware births in 1982 across 312 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#67Harryoutside the national top 200
#77Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#74Jerome#191 nationally
#85Dwayneoutside the national top 200
#94Jennaoutside the national top 200
#90Tyrone#195 nationally
#99Rochelleoutside the national top 200
#99Lamaroutside the national top 200
#100Lewisoutside the national top 200
#73Jermaine#168 nationally
#84Donna#179 nationally
#69Deanna#156 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer170US #1
#2Jessica108US #2
#3Amanda71US #3
#4Lauren65US #26
#5Stephanie65US #7
#6Melissa59US #5
#7Sarah58US #4
#8Erin57US #20
#9Kelly56US #25
#10Heather54US #12
#11Nicole54US #6
#12Amy52US #10
#13Kimberly49US #14
#14Laura49US #22
#15Michelle49US #11
#16Elizabeth48US #8
#17Christina44US #19
#18Rachel42US #21
#19Angela40US #16
#20Rebecca40US #15
#21Tiffany40US #13
#22Kristen39US #33
#23Lindsay37US #39
#24Megan37US #34
#25Katherine36US #36
#26Kristin36US #37
#27Shannon36US #38
#28Danielle35US #31
#29Amber34US #18
#30Crystal34US #9
#31Lisa33US #23
#32Andrea31US #27
#33April29US #32
#34Christine29US #46
#35Emily28US #24
#36Mary28US #30
#37Sara28US #28
#38Erica26US #35
#39Jamie25US #29
#40Ashley24US #17
#41Kathleen23US #77
#42Julie20US #41
#43Kathryn20US #48
#44Tara20US #47
#45Dawn19US #95
#46Patricia19US #59
#47Karen18US #68
#48Samantha18US #44
#49Lindsey17US #40
#50Melanie17US #65
#51Catherine16US #73
#52Dana16US #67
#53Jacqueline16US #54
#54Ebony15US #132
#55Margaret15US #97
#56Susan15US #76
#57Valerie15US #75
#58Katie14US #45
#59Alexis13US #93
#60Candice13US #78
#61Courtney13US #43
#62Julia13US #84
#63Robin13US #108
#64Stacey13US #85
#65Victoria13US #66
#66Alison12US #111
#67Colleen12US #139
#68Casey11US #119
#69Deanna11US #156
#70Jillian11US #96
#71Kristina11US #70
#72Pamela11US #82
#73Brandy10US #50
#74Cynthia10US #64
#75Holly10US #61
#76Jill10US #89
#77Leslie10US #60
#78Natalie10US #51
#79Natasha10US #71
#80Nichole10US #99
#81Tina10US #90
#82Angel9US #166
#83Carrie9US #57
#84Donna9US #179
#85Latoya9US #91
#86Meredith9US #150
#87Stacy9US #72
#88Tracy9US #88
#89Anne8US #122
#90Bridget8US #147
#91Deborah8US #160
#92Gina8US #124
#93Jaime8US #138
#94Jenna8
#95Katrina8US #87
#96Krista8US #173
#97Morgan8US #169
#98Regina8US #172
#99Rochelle8
#100Sharon8US #144

Boys

#1Michael232US #1
#2Christopher158US #2
#3Robert127US #9
#4James125US #6
#5John125US #8
#6Matthew124US #3
#7David116US #5
#8Jason104US #4
#9Joseph101US #11
#10William91US #15
#11Andrew71US #17
#12Brian69US #14
#13Daniel68US #10
#14Justin66US #12
#15Mark66US #32
#16Richard66US #27
#17Joshua65US #7
#18Kevin65US #25
#19Eric62US #20
#20Ryan62US #13
#21Thomas59US #23
#22Jonathan58US #16
#23Jeffrey53US #29
#24Timothy51US #24
#25Anthony50US #21
#26Charles50US #31
#27Stephen50US #38
#28Nicholas49US #22
#29Brandon44US #18
#30Steven41US #26
#31Sean40US #44
#32Adam39US #19
#33Gregory38US #40
#34Scott36US #34
#35Patrick35US #37
#36Edward32US #53
#37Kenneth32US #45
#38Keith31US #59
#39Paul31US #35
#40Donald29US #58
#41Bryan26US #49
#42Jeremy26US #28
#43Kyle25US #47
#44Shawn25US #52
#45Nathan23US #36
#46Ronald23US #60
#47Aaron22US #30
#48Benjamin22US #33
#49Douglas22US #68
#50Jesse22US #43
#51Jacob20US #41
#52Philip19US #79
#53Travis17US #39
#54Gary16US #64
#55Raymond16US #70
#56Vincent15US #103
#57Alexander14US #65
#58Ian14US #83
#59Larry14US #77
#60Peter14US #57
#61Zachary14US #55
#62George13US #62
#63Marcus13US #63
#64Shaun13US #96
#65Derrick12US #78
#66Frank12US #81
#67Harry12
#68Allen11US #122
#69Chad11US #48
#70Corey11US #74
#71Dennis11US #87
#72Derek11US #50
#73Jermaine11US #168
#74Jerome11US #191
#75Russell11US #97
#76Samuel11US #56
#77Theodore11
#78Brent10US #91
#79Dustin10US #42
#80Lawrence10US #128
#81Marc10US #138
#82Wayne10US #159
#83Arthur9US #157
#84Bruce9US #169
#85Dwayne9
#86Maurice9US #165
#87Phillip9US #67
#88Randy9US #94
#89Shane9US #84
#90Tyrone9US #195
#91Andre8US #124
#92Brad8US #163
#93Bradley8US #51
#94Erik8US #80
#95Gerald8US #158
#96Jared8US #54
#97Jeremiah8US #89
#98Jose8US #46
#99Lamar8
#100Lewis8

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑43Alexander#57
↑37Lindsey#49
↑37Candice#60
↑37Zachary#61
↑34Alexis#59
↑32Margaret#55
↑32Travis#53
↑30Melanie#50

Falling

↓42Jaime#93
↓38Andre#91
↓35Carrie#83
↓31Latoya#85
↓27Jill#76
↓27Samuel#76
↓25Jose#98
↓23Courtney#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.