State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,923 Delaware births in 1988 across 342 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#86Kaseyoutside the national top 200
#86Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#53Colleen#167 nationally
#87Bruceoutside the national top 200
#91Francisoutside the national top 200
#94Caitlynoutside the national top 200
#98Sydneyoutside the national top 200
#72Randall#154 nationally
#84Ebony#164 nationally
#100Tina#174 nationally
#90Robin#161 nationally
#89Melinda#148 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley163US #2
#2Jessica158US #1
#3Amanda143US #3
#4Brittany91US #6
#5Sarah90US #4
#6Lauren83US #11
#7Samantha83US #8
#8Jennifer81US #5
#9Megan73US #12
#10Stephanie68US #7
#11Amber65US #15
#12Heather65US #14
#13Danielle61US #17
#14Elizabeth58US #10
#15Nicole57US #9
#16Melissa51US #16
#17Rebecca49US #26
#18Emily48US #18
#19Christina45US #22
#20Laura42US #23
#21Kelly40US #32
#22Kimberly40US #25
#23Rachel40US #19
#24Erica36US #31
#25Tiffany35US #13
#26Kristen34US #36
#27Victoria33US #42
#28Caitlin31US #44
#29Katherine30US #27
#30Michelle30US #21
#31Sara30US #30
#32Chelsea28US #33
#33Lisa28US #43
#34Courtney27US #24
#35Crystal27US #28
#36Amy26US #29
#37Shannon26US #56
#38Lindsay25US #57
#39Mary25US #34
#40Christine24US #51
#41Jamie24US #45
#42Katie24US #40
#43Alicia23US #50
#44Angela23US #38
#45Andrea22US #35
#46Catherine22US #69
#47Kathryn22US #55
#48Kristin21US #58
#49Tara21US #67
#50Allison20US #46
#51Kayla19US #20
#52Alexis18US #97
#53Colleen18US #167
#54Alyssa17US #47
#55Erin17US #37
#56Kathleen17US #75
#57Lindsey17US #48
#58Jasmine16US #53
#59Alexandra15US #49
#60Monica15US #70
#61Natalie15US #63
#62Whitney15US #39
#63Julie14US #71
#64Kelsey14US #64
#65Margaret14US #93
#66Meghan14US #81
#67Anna13US #54
#68Casey13US #92
#69Dana13US #90
#70Jaclyn13US #114
#71Patricia13US #77
#72Brittney12US #52
#73Brooke12US #87
#74Jacqueline12US #62
#75Jenna12US #66
#76Karen12US #111
#77Katelyn12US #84
#78Valerie12US #103
#79Bethany11US #89
#80Jillian11US #104
#81Julia11US #88
#82Morgan11US #78
#83Caroline10US #122
#84Ebony10US #164
#85Holly10US #72
#86Kasey10
#87Leah10US #82
#88Maria10US #60
#89Melinda10US #148
#90Robin10US #161
#91Abigail9US #118
#92Brianna9US #96
#93Britney9US #138
#94Caitlyn9
#95Kaitlyn9US #106
#96Stacey9US #119
#97Susan9US #140
#98Sydney9
#99Taylor9US #102
#100Tina9US #174

Boys

#1Michael241US #1
#2Matthew162US #3
#3Christopher159US #2
#4John126US #11
#5Joshua126US #4
#6Andrew124US #5
#7David118US #6
#8James115US #9
#9Robert104US #10
#10Daniel103US #8
#11William100US #16
#12Justin87US #7
#13Joseph82US #12
#14Ryan77US #13
#15Kyle70US #21
#16Brian69US #22
#17Anthony68US #18
#18Nicholas68US #14
#19Brandon67US #17
#20Kevin67US #20
#21Thomas61US #23
#22Sean56US #38
#23Steven54US #24
#24Eric53US #19
#25Timothy53US #25
#26Charles52US #37
#27Stephen51US #40
#28Mark50US #39
#29Zachary50US #29
#30Jonathan49US #15
#31Adam48US #26
#32Jason46US #27
#33Richard46US #32
#34Jeffrey44US #36
#35Scott41US #47
#36Gregory40US #50
#37Aaron38US #31
#38Alexander35US #34
#39Benjamin35US #30
#40Jeremy35US #35
#41Kenneth31US #51
#42Paul31US #46
#43Tyler29US #33
#44Patrick28US #42
#45Bryan27US #54
#46Keith27US #70
#47Dustin25US #48
#48Jacob25US #28
#49Samuel25US #45
#50Vincent24US #82
#51Donald23US #76
#52Phillip23US #71
#53Shawn23US #61
#54Jesse21US #55
#55Corey20US #56
#56Edward19US #62
#57George19US #78
#58Nathan18US #44
#59Derek17US #53
#60Brett16US #73
#61Douglas16US #88
#62Travis16US #41
#63Cameron15US #69
#64Shane15US #67
#65Bradley14US #57
#66Craig14US #96
#67Ronald14US #79
#68Alex13US #58
#69Cody13US #43
#70Gary13US #100
#71Jordan13US #52
#72Randall13US #154
#73Carl12US #126
#74Erik12US #92
#75Jose12US #49
#76Marcus12US #66
#77Nathaniel12US #81
#78Peter12US #64
#79Philip12US #94
#80Andre11US #138
#81Brent11US #107
#82Dennis11US #116
#83Evan11US #74
#84Jared11US #60
#85Joel11US #85
#86Tyrone11
#87Bruce10
#88Christian10US #86
#89Colin10US #131
#90Devin10US #98
#91Francis10
#92Frank10US #99
#93Raymond10US #84
#94Seth10US #90
#95Austin9US #63
#96Chad9US #65
#97Dylan9US #137
#98Henry9US #140
#99Ian9US #77
#100Larry9US #123

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑32Kristen#26
↑31Chelsea#32
↑29Keith#46
↑28Victoria#27
↑23Brittney#72
↑23Vincent#50
↑22Natalie#61
↑21Lisa#33

Falling

↓47Stacey#96
↓35Erin#55
↓32Peter#78
↓32Ian#99
↓31Jacqueline#74
↓28Julia#81
↓28Frank#92
↓25Philip#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.