State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,147 Delaware births in 1986 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.

#70Darryloutside the national top 200
#82Daleoutside the national top 200
#83Darrell#196 nationally
#85Claire#198 nationally
#92Sadeoutside the national top 200
#86Wayne#191 nationally
#86Dawn#184 nationally
#93Sharon#187 nationally
#72Carolyn#162 nationally
#96Barbara#180 nationally
#89Arthur#170 nationally
#74Colleen#152 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley168US #2
#2Jessica158US #1
#3Amanda114US #3
#4Jennifer106US #4
#5Sarah90US #5
#6Heather86US #9
#7Lauren79US #14
#8Megan68US #11
#9Stephanie67US #6
#10Amber57US #13
#11Nicole53US #7
#12Brittany49US #8
#13Elizabeth44US #10
#14Laura44US #20
#15Danielle43US #16
#16Kelly43US #29
#17Melissa43US #12
#18Rebecca41US #26
#19Michelle39US #23
#20Samantha39US #21
#21Tiffany39US #17
#22Christina38US #19
#23Erin37US #30
#24Kimberly35US #18
#25Jamie33US #34
#26Shannon33US #44
#27Amy32US #22
#28Katherine32US #28
#29Rachel32US #15
#30Mary31US #37
#31Courtney28US #35
#32Erica28US #31
#33Christine27US #47
#34Katie27US #38
#35Sara27US #27
#36Kathryn26US #48
#37Kristin25US #50
#38Lindsay25US #46
#39Lindsey25US #39
#40Kathleen24US #68
#41Andrea22US #36
#42Angela22US #33
#43Emily22US #24
#44Caitlin21US #69
#45Kristen21US #41
#46Lisa21US #40
#47Kristina19US #62
#48Whitney19US #32
#49Crystal18US #25
#50Victoria18US #54
#51Alexandra17US #72
#52April17US #53
#53Meghan17US #71
#54Catherine16US #67
#55Dana16US #92
#56Alicia15US #45
#57Allison15US #42
#58Anna15US #51
#59Julie14US #58
#60Cassandra13US #60
#61Dominique13US #98
#62Jillian13US #107
#63Brandy12US #84
#64Holly12US #63
#65Jacqueline12US #57
#66Jenna12US #55
#67Julia12US #88
#68Leah12US #78
#69Margaret12US #90
#70Pamela12US #138
#71Patricia12US #66
#72Carolyn11US #162
#73Casey11US #80
#74Colleen11US #152
#75Diana11US #75
#76Molly11US #110
#77Natasha11US #70
#78Tara11US #56
#79Karen10US #100
#80Melanie10US #97
#81Meredith10US #150
#82Natalie10US #52
#83Alison9US #96
#84Ashlee9US #132
#85Claire9US #198
#86Dawn9US #184
#87Jasmine9US #95
#88Katelyn9US #149
#89Krystal9US #61
#90Mallory9US #83
#91Nichole9US #105
#92Sade9
#93Sharon9US #187
#94Stacy9US #87
#95Anne8US #151
#96Barbara8US #180
#97Felicia8US #89
#98Jaclyn8US #133
#99Joanna8US #126
#100Kara8US #102

Boys

#1Michael197US #1
#2Christopher163US #2
#3Matthew160US #3
#4Andrew108US #8
#5John106US #10
#6James104US #7
#7Ryan104US #11
#8Joseph103US #12
#9Robert102US #9
#10David99US #5
#11Joshua98US #4
#12Daniel96US #6
#13William92US #15
#14Brian88US #20
#15Kevin83US #21
#16Brandon73US #13
#17Jason71US #18
#18Kyle71US #23
#19Thomas66US #26
#20Richard60US #29
#21Anthony59US #19
#22Justin57US #14
#23Charles56US #34
#24Timothy55US #27
#25Eric52US #22
#26Jeffrey51US #32
#27Steven50US #25
#28Stephen49US #36
#29Jonathan46US #16
#30Nicholas45US #17
#31Sean45US #37
#32Mark43US #35
#33Zachary43US #38
#34Patrick42US #39
#35Gregory35US #46
#36Jeremy35US #28
#37Paul35US #45
#38Aaron33US #33
#39Benjamin32US #30
#40Adam26US #24
#41Bryan26US #47
#42Edward26US #61
#43Jordan26US #53
#44Alexander25US #41
#45Shawn23US #55
#46Keith21US #66
#47Scott21US #44
#48Nathan20US #43
#49Jacob19US #31
#50Dustin18US #42
#51Gary18US #84
#52Ian18US #85
#53Kenneth18US #50
#54Ronald18US #75
#55Douglas17US #82
#56Tyler17US #40
#57George16US #74
#58Jesse16US #48
#59Phillip16US #70
#60Samuel16US #52
#61Bradley15US #54
#62Donald15US #71
#63Raymond15US #77
#64Corey14US #62
#65Jeffery13US #102
#66Peter13US #60
#67Vincent13US #93
#68Brent12US #94
#69Andre11US #133
#70Darryl11
#71Henry11US #139
#72Marcus11US #63
#73Philip11US #86
#74Shane11US #67
#75Travis11US #49
#76Carl10US #114
#77Evan10US #81
#78Nathaniel10US #78
#79Christian9US #89
#80Cory9US #68
#81Curtis9US #100
#82Dale9
#83Darrell9US #196
#84Joel9US #72
#85Russell9US #116
#86Wayne9US #191
#87Alex8US #64
#88Antonio8US #73
#89Arthur8US #170
#90Austin8US #90
#91Chad8US #59
#92Jared8US #58
#93Terry8US #122
#94Todd8US #110
#95Victor8US #88
#96Albert7US #154
#97Casey7US #83
#98Dennis7US #104
#99Derek7US #57
#100Devin7US #113

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑32Brittany#12
↑32Dana#55
↑29Corey#64
↑28Jacob#49
↑27Alexandra#51
↑27Casey#73
↑26Cassandra#60
↑24Ian#52

Falling

↓38Dennis#98
↓35Chad#91
↓31Tara#78
↓31Krystal#89
↓28Alison#83
↓25Derek#99
↓23Jared#92
↓20Crystal#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.