State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,088 Delaware births in 1985 across 305 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#71Bradoutside the national top 200
#81Hilaryoutside the national top 200
#65Michele#182 nationally
#67Wayne#184 nationally
#85Francisoutside the national top 200
#94Sierraoutside the national top 200
#95Harryoutside the national top 200
#96Lamaroutside the national top 200
#97Tyrelloutside the national top 200
#82Bruce#183 nationally
#60Ebony#160 nationally
#98Tyrone#198 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica128US #1
#2Jennifer127US #3
#3Ashley121US #2
#4Amanda114US #4
#5Lauren89US #15
#6Stephanie78US #6
#7Nicole65US #7
#8Sarah63US #5
#9Heather60US #8
#10Megan56US #10
#11Kimberly53US #19
#12Danielle51US #18
#13Laura50US #14
#14Amber49US #16
#15Christina48US #12
#16Kelly44US #28
#17Christine41US #44
#18Erin41US #26
#19Melissa41US #11
#20Rachel41US #13
#21Rebecca40US #25
#22Amy39US #20
#23Elizabeth39US #9
#24Tiffany39US #23
#25Jamie37US #27
#26Erica34US #34
#27Kristen34US #38
#28Emily33US #24
#29Crystal32US #21
#30Lisa32US #36
#31Michelle31US #22
#32Sara29US #30
#33Katherine28US #32
#34Katie28US #39
#35Lindsay27US #40
#36Lindsey26US #37
#37Samantha26US #29
#38Angela24US #31
#39Shannon24US #41
#40Julie23US #55
#41Kristin23US #49
#42Meghan23US #63
#43Andrea21US #33
#44Brittany21US #17
#45Kathleen21US #68
#46Kathryn21US #48
#47Tara21US #51
#48April20US #47
#49Jenna19US #50
#50Courtney18US #43
#51Julia18US #85
#52Mary18US #35
#53Kristina17US #57
#54Alicia16US #45
#55Alison16US #97
#56Brandy15US #70
#57Caitlin15US #77
#58Krystal15US #53
#59Whitney15US #73
#60Ebony14US #160
#61Holly14US #56
#62Victoria14US #59
#63Catherine13US #65
#64Jillian13US #115
#65Michele12US #182
#66Alexis11US #112
#67Erika11US #80
#68Krista11US #134
#69Patricia11US #64
#70Theresa11US #136
#71Valerie11US #71
#72Allison10US #46
#73Brittney10US #84
#74Carrie10US #96
#75Cynthia10US #66
#76Denise10US #120
#77Meredith10US #149
#78Alexandra9US #92
#79Alyssa9US #130
#80Anna9US #54
#81Hilary9
#82Jaclyn9US #123
#83Jacqueline9US #60
#84Melanie9US #88
#85Brandi8US #69
#86Cassandra8US #62
#87Dana8US #82
#88Deanna8US #156
#89Katrina8US #93
#90Leah8US #78
#91Margaret8US #90
#92Maria8US #52
#93Sheena8US #91
#94Sierra8
#95Stacey8US #89
#96Tina8US #110
#97Adrienne7US #180
#98Ashlee7US #141
#99Cara7US #184
#100Casey7US #114

Boys

#1Michael212US #1
#2Matthew159US #3
#3Christopher129US #2
#4James126US #7
#5David123US #6
#6John120US #9
#7Robert114US #8
#8Joseph109US #10
#9William107US #16
#10Andrew106US #11
#11Joshua100US #4
#12Ryan100US #12
#13Daniel98US #5
#14Brian83US #18
#15Jason74US #14
#16Anthony67US #20
#17Brandon67US #13
#18Thomas67US #25
#19Eric61US #21
#20Kevin61US #23
#21Justin58US #15
#22Steven58US #24
#23Timothy57US #26
#24Jonathan56US #17
#25Mark56US #32
#26Kyle53US #27
#27Stephen53US #36
#28Richard49US #28
#29Jeffrey46US #29
#30Sean46US #38
#31Nicholas45US #19
#32Charles43US #34
#33Adam39US #22
#34Benjamin37US #31
#35Gregory36US #45
#36Patrick33US #37
#37Aaron31US #33
#38Zachary31US #39
#39Paul28US #42
#40Jeremy27US #30
#41Scott25US #44
#42Shawn25US #55
#43Alexander24US #50
#44Bryan24US #48
#45Edward22US #59
#46Kenneth21US #47
#47Nathan21US #40
#48Raymond21US #75
#49Donald20US #66
#50Jesse20US #51
#51Keith19US #64
#52Douglas16US #76
#53Gary16US #82
#54Marcus16US #61
#55Samuel16US #54
#56Chad15US #57
#57George15US #72
#58Nathaniel15US #77
#59Craig14US #79
#60Dennis14US #103
#61Peter14US #60
#62Phillip14US #69
#63Tyler14US #43
#64Dustin13US #41
#65Vincent13US #95
#66Brett12US #70
#67Wayne12US #184
#68Allen11US #128
#69Jared11US #58
#70Larry11US #97
#71Brad10
#72Bradley10US #53
#73Cory10US #81
#74Derek10US #56
#75Erik10US #87
#76Ian10US #78
#77Jacob10US #35
#78Marc10US #129
#79Todd10US #99
#80Travis10US #46
#81Brent9US #89
#82Bruce9US #183
#83Darren9US #161
#84Evan9US #91
#85Francis9
#86Jeremiah9US #111
#87Louis9US #164
#88Russell9US #110
#89Shane9US #68
#90Victor9US #88
#91Walter9US #163
#92Andre8US #124
#93Corey8US #63
#94Frank8US #90
#95Harry8
#96Lamar8
#97Tyrell8
#98Tyrone8US #198
#99Carl7US #112
#100Curtis7US #98

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑33Julia#51
↑33Ebony#60
↑27Erika#67
↑26Alexander#43
↑25Alison#55
↑22Wayne#67
↑21Lindsey#36
↑21Brittany#44

Falling

↓37Stacey#95
↓32Jacqueline#83
↓28Travis#80
↓27Andre#92
↓26Brandi#85
↓23Tyrone#98
↓22Bruce#82
↓21Alexis#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.