State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,938 Delaware births in 1984 across 301 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#73Franklinoutside the national top 200
#75Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#84Cliftonoutside the national top 200
#60Bruce#175 nationally
#74Jaime#182 nationally
#98Jamaroutside the national top 200
#100Lamaroutside the national top 200
#52Dawn#142 nationally
#56Colleen#144 nationally
#89Wayne#174 nationally
#72Deanna#151 nationally
#96Latasha#175 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer148US #1
#2Jessica122US #2
#3Ashley117US #3
#4Amanda94US #4
#5Lauren77US #21
#6Stephanie75US #6
#7Nicole69US #7
#8Danielle62US #16
#9Heather60US #9
#10Megan59US #11
#11Melissa55US #8
#12Sarah54US #5
#13Amber46US #18
#14Kimberly46US #22
#15Elizabeth45US #10
#16Laura45US #19
#17Kelly42US #27
#18Erin40US #25
#19Rachel40US #15
#20Christina39US #20
#21Michelle38US #17
#22Tiffany38US #14
#23Amy36US #13
#24Jamie36US #31
#25Christine35US #43
#26Kristin35US #47
#27Kristen34US #38
#28Lisa33US #29
#29Lindsay32US #36
#30Rebecca31US #23
#31Crystal30US #12
#32Katherine30US #30
#33Shannon30US #37
#34Angela29US #26
#35Kathryn25US #48
#36Meghan25US #65
#37Tara25US #49
#38Erica24US #34
#39Mary24US #33
#40Sara24US #32
#41Courtney22US #46
#42Jenna22US #54
#43Emily21US #24
#44Katie20US #44
#45Alexis19US #89
#46Alicia19US #40
#47Julie18US #52
#48Samantha18US #39
#49Stacy18US #67
#50Andrea17US #28
#51Jacqueline17US #56
#52Dawn16US #142
#53Latoya16US #60
#54Victoria16US #59
#55April15US #42
#56Colleen15US #144
#57Lindsey15US #35
#58Stacey15US #79
#59Brandi14US #61
#60Brandy14US #64
#61Catherine14US #69
#62Holly14US #53
#63Kathleen14US #71
#64Allison13US #51
#65Brittany13US #41
#66Karen13US #82
#67Kristina13US #68
#68Diana12US #72
#69Leah12US #83
#70Pamela12US #104
#71Anna11US #57
#72Deanna11US #151
#73Caitlin10US #118
#74Jaime10US #182
#75Monica10US #58
#76Rachael10US #103
#77Renee10US #108
#78Sheena10US #80
#79Valerie10US #76
#80Alison9US #110
#81Carrie9US #78
#82Dana9US #73
#83Jaclyn9US #134
#84Julia9US #87
#85Margaret9US #92
#86Morgan9US #132
#87Patricia9US #66
#88Robin9US #139
#89Barbara8US #152
#90Candace8US #102
#91Carolyn8US #155
#92Cynthia8US #62
#93Ebony8US #137
#94Erika8US #81
#95Jill8US #120
#96Latasha8US #175
#97Leslie8US #75
#98Melanie8US #85
#99Nichole8US #97
#100Sharon8US #169

Boys

#1Michael213US #1
#2Matthew184US #3
#3Christopher170US #2
#4John145US #8
#5David124US #5
#6Joshua99US #4
#7Robert96US #9
#8William96US #16
#9James94US #7
#10Joseph94US #10
#11Andrew92US #14
#12Brian91US #17
#13Daniel90US #6
#14Jason87US #11
#15Eric79US #22
#16Ryan76US #12
#17Anthony63US #21
#18Richard62US #27
#19Charles57US #33
#20Jonathan57US #19
#21Justin57US #13
#22Kevin56US #24
#23Thomas56US #25
#24Adam55US #18
#25Brandon54US #15
#26Jeffrey50US #28
#27Mark50US #32
#28Timothy49US #26
#29Nicholas48US #20
#30Sean43US #43
#31Patrick42US #36
#32Steven41US #23
#33Stephen39US #35
#34Paul37US #40
#35Gregory35US #44
#36Bryan31US #48
#37Zachary31US #45
#38Shawn27US #56
#39Benjamin26US #30
#40Kenneth26US #46
#41Aaron24US #29
#42Jeremy24US #31
#43Scott24US #39
#44Kyle23US #34
#45Gary20US #76
#46Keith20US #61
#47Samuel20US #55
#48Dustin19US #41
#49George19US #68
#50Nathan19US #38
#51Philip19US #81
#52Travis18US #42
#53Ronald17US #67
#54Donald16US #63
#55Peter16US #60
#56Tyler16US #47
#57Jacob15US #37
#58Raymond14US #73
#59Chad13US #51
#60Bruce12US #175
#61Edward12US #58
#62Ian12US #78
#63Jesse12US #50
#64Marcus12US #57
#65Andre11US #119
#66Erik11US #84
#67Vincent11US #95
#68Alan10US #105
#69Alexander10US #54
#70Craig10US #75
#71Douglas10US #71
#72Evan10US #98
#73Franklin10
#74Jordan10US #65
#75Tyrone10
#76Bradley9US #53
#77Brett9US #72
#78Derek9US #52
#79Frank9US #86
#80Phillip9US #70
#81Ross9US #155
#82Trevor9US #115
#83Allen8US #128
#84Clifton8
#85Cory8US #83
#86Jose8US #49
#87Louis8US #158
#88Russell8US #106
#89Wayne8US #174
#90Antonio7US #77
#91Brent7US #89
#92Carl7US #108
#93Carlos7US #74
#94Corey7US #69
#95Curtis7US #96
#96Derrick7US #79
#97Drew7US #153
#98Jamar7
#99Jerry7US #111
#100Lamar7

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑38Meghan#36
↑36Katie#44
↑28Christine#25
↑27Chad#59
↑26Tyler#56
↑25Bruce#60
↑24Danielle#8
↑24Peter#55

Falling

↓51Melanie#98
↓38Dana#82
↓36Carl#92
↓35Curtis#95
↓25Bradley#76
↓24Andrea#50
↓24Antonio#90
↓23Sheena#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.