State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,811 Delaware births in 1983 across 295 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#58Harryoutside the national top 200
#80Shannonoutside the national top 200
#90Earloutside the national top 200
#92Francisoutside the national top 200
#91Ernest#199 nationally
#99Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#100Antoineoutside the national top 200
#85Bruce#178 nationally
#75Jermaine#165 nationally
#83Wayne#171 nationally
#56Adrienne#140 nationally
#78Jaime#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer128US #1
#2Jessica106US #2
#3Ashley96US #4
#4Amanda87US #3
#5Heather71US #9
#6Sarah70US #5
#7Stephanie70US #8
#8Melissa66US #6
#9Lauren65US #24
#10Elizabeth58US #10
#11Nicole57US #7
#12Christina55US #16
#13Kimberly50US #15
#14Megan49US #21
#15Amy46US #12
#16Erin46US #18
#17Kelly46US #26
#18Laura43US #23
#19Amber41US #17
#20Rebecca40US #19
#21Crystal39US #11
#22Michelle39US #13
#23Tiffany39US #14
#24Rachel37US #20
#25Katherine36US #34
#26Andrea35US #30
#27Angela34US #22
#28Lindsay34US #36
#29Lisa34US #27
#30Erica33US #33
#31Kristin33US #42
#32Danielle30US #29
#33Shannon30US #38
#34Jamie28US #28
#35Sara28US #31
#36Mary27US #32
#37Kathryn24US #50
#38Kristen22US #37
#39Stacey21US #76
#40April20US #39
#41Lindsey20US #35
#42Emily18US #25
#43Courtney16US #44
#44Dana16US #72
#45Julie16US #46
#46Latoya16US #90
#47Melanie16US #79
#48Tara16US #51
#49Alexis15US #83
#50Holly15US #48
#51Karen15US #77
#52Victoria15US #58
#53Christine14US #47
#54Lori14US #113
#55Sheena14US #107
#56Adrienne13US #140
#57Alicia13US #41
#58Allison13US #59
#59Brandy13US #57
#60Brittany13US #64
#61Casey13US #110
#62Denise13US #109
#63Jacqueline13US #53
#64Kathleen13US #73
#65Kristina13US #63
#66Maria13US #43
#67Samantha13US #40
#68Stacy13US #61
#69Carrie12US #65
#70Dawn12US #106
#71Brandi11US #56
#72Catherine11US #66
#73Leah11US #82
#74Meghan11US #75
#75Valerie11US #74
#76Candace10US #104
#77Colleen10US #144
#78Jaime10US #158
#79Jill10US #98
#80Katie10US #45
#81Pamela10US #91
#82Patricia10US #60
#83Renee10US #97
#84Susan10US #86
#85Alison9US #116
#86Anna9US #55
#87Anne9US #130
#88Cynthia9US #62
#89Diana9US #69
#90Ebony9US #135
#91Jaclyn9US #126
#92Joanna9US #139
#93Julia9US #85
#94Latasha9US #166
#95Michele9US #155
#96Natalie9US #52
#97Stefanie9US #105
#98Theresa9US #122
#99Tracy9US #89
#100Alisha8US #141

Boys

#1Michael241US #1
#2Christopher166US #2
#3Matthew145US #3
#4Robert139US #10
#5David133US #4
#6John118US #9
#7James112US #6
#8William108US #16
#9Brian107US #14
#10Joseph96US #11
#11Daniel94US #8
#12Jason94US #7
#13Joshua79US #5
#14Kevin69US #25
#15Justin64US #12
#16Andrew63US #15
#17Jonathan61US #19
#18Jeffrey58US #28
#19Ryan58US #13
#20Steven58US #23
#21Thomas57US #24
#22Brandon54US #17
#23Richard50US #27
#24Timothy50US #26
#25Mark49US #31
#26Eric48US #20
#27Anthony47US #22
#28Adam46US #18
#29Charles43US #33
#30Sean39US #44
#31Stephen39US #35
#32Aaron37US #29
#33Kyle36US #34
#34Gregory33US #42
#35Patrick31US #37
#36Scott31US #38
#37Nicholas30US #21
#38Shawn30US #53
#39Benjamin28US #32
#40Paul28US #39
#41Kenneth26US #45
#42Donald23US #60
#43Jeremy23US #30
#44Bryan22US #47
#45Samuel21US #54
#46Keith20US #61
#47Travis20US #41
#48Zachary20US #50
#49George18US #65
#50Ian18US #77
#51Bradley17US #52
#52Jacob17US #36
#53Nathan16US #40
#54Ronald16US #64
#55Vincent16US #97
#56Carl15US #106
#57Edward15US #55
#58Harry15
#59Alexander14US #63
#60Curtis14US #100
#61Gary14US #68
#62Jared14US #56
#63Philip14US #82
#64Raymond14US #71
#65Douglas13US #69
#66Antonio12US #76
#67Jordan12US #72
#68Brett11US #73
#69Dustin11US #43
#70Jesse11US #46
#71Andre10US #126
#72Evan10US #93
#73Frank10US #86
#74Corey9US #74
#75Jermaine9US #165
#76Larry9US #85
#77Lawrence9US #132
#78Nathaniel9US #79
#79Peter9US #59
#80Shannon9
#81Shaun9US #111
#82Tyler9US #57
#83Wayne9US #171
#84Albert8US #150
#85Bruce8US #178
#86Chad8US #49
#87Craig8US #70
#88Dennis8US #92
#89Derek8US #51
#90Earl8
#91Ernest8US #199
#92Francis8
#93Jeffery8US #91
#94Maurice8US #162
#95Randall8US #129
#96Russell8US #104
#97Shane8US #84
#98Troy8US #113
#99Tyrone8
#100Antoine7

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑42Bradley#51
↑39Latoya#46
↑37Ashley#3
↑34Jared#62
↑31Samuel#45
↑25Stacey#39
↑25Holly#50
↑20Andre#71

Falling

↓36Patricia#82
↓36Ebony#90
↓31Julia#93
↓28Susan#84
↓25Dawn#70
↓23Kathleen#64
↓22Katie#80
↓21Catherine#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.