State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,619 Delaware births in 1990 across 344 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#92Isaiahoutside the national top 200
#82Caitlyn#183 nationally
#98Arthur#197 nationally
#95Arielle#185 nationally
#91Kiara#171 nationally
#83Deanna#159 nationally
#94Louis#168 nationally
#81Carl#145 nationally
#88Darius#152 nationally
#74Andre#137 nationally
#85Jerry#146 nationally
#85Krista#145 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica156US #1
#2Brittany133US #3
#3Ashley131US #2
#4Amanda113US #4
#5Samantha89US #5
#6Lauren88US #10
#7Stephanie75US #7
#8Sarah74US #6
#9Amber65US #15
#10Megan58US #11
#11Nicole58US #13
#12Rebecca55US #21
#13Courtney52US #17
#14Elizabeth52US #9
#15Emily51US #12
#16Chelsea50US #24
#17Danielle49US #18
#18Rachel48US #16
#19Kelly47US #41
#20Jennifer46US #8
#21Christina45US #25
#22Heather43US #19
#23Michelle41US #22
#24Erin38US #43
#25Melissa38US #20
#26Christine37US #62
#27Jasmine37US #28
#28Katherine37US #26
#29Caitlin36US #50
#30Erica36US #36
#31Mary34US #35
#32Alexandra32US #37
#33Victoria32US #33
#34Alexis31US #66
#35Alyssa30US #27
#36Kristen30US #42
#37Laura30US #29
#38Kimberly29US #31
#39Kelsey28US #32
#40Lindsay28US #69
#41Sara28US #34
#42Angela27US #52
#43Morgan27US #58
#44Amy26US #38
#45Taylor26US #46
#46Tiffany25US #23
#47Hannah23US #30
#48Allison22US #48
#49Kathryn22US #57
#50Kayla22US #14
#51Paige22US #79
#52Shannon22US #68
#53Meghan21US #91
#54Alicia20US #54
#55Anna20US #45
#56Jenna20US #81
#57Kaitlyn20US #78
#58Lindsey20US #51
#59Dana19US #114
#60Kaitlin19US #101
#61Katelyn19US #75
#62Lisa19US #64
#63Margaret19US #102
#64Olivia19US #72
#65Brooke17US #70
#66Jordan17US #59
#67Katie17US #53
#68Abigail16US #90
#69Andrea16US #40
#70Jillian16US #122
#71Kristin16US #65
#72Whitney16US #60
#73Brittney15US #44
#74Caroline15US #116
#75Crystal15US #39
#76Jamie15US #55
#77Julia15US #83
#78Melanie15US #86
#79Casey14US #106
#80Cassandra14US #49
#81Natalie14US #63
#82Caitlyn13US #183
#83Deanna13US #159
#84Gabrielle13US #99
#85Krista13US #145
#86Bethany12US #107
#87Catherine12US #71
#88Erika12US #74
#89Gina12US #139
#90Jacqueline12US #67
#91Kiara12US #171
#92Rachael12US #111
#93Shelby12US #100
#94Alison11US #132
#95Arielle11US #185
#96Bianca11US #84
#97Brandi11US #103
#98Holly11US #89
#99Julie11US #93
#100Kathleen11US #92

Boys

#1Michael229US #1
#2Christopher182US #2
#3Matthew158US #3
#4Robert144US #13
#5Andrew140US #7
#6John138US #12
#7Joshua135US #4
#8David130US #6
#9Daniel127US #5
#10James114US #8
#11Ryan103US #11
#12William102US #16
#13Joseph98US #10
#14Kyle91US #18
#15Justin84US #9
#16Eric80US #24
#17Nicholas78US #14
#18Zachary78US #22
#19Anthony77US #15
#20Brandon75US #19
#21Kevin73US #23
#22Brian72US #27
#23Steven63US #25
#24Sean61US #37
#25Thomas59US #26
#26Jonathan55US #17
#27Richard51US #35
#28Stephen51US #39
#29Patrick50US #36
#30Charles49US #38
#31Jordan48US #29
#32Tyler48US #21
#33Adam47US #32
#34Alexander47US #28
#35Timothy46US #30
#36Mark45US #47
#37Aaron44US #34
#38Benjamin43US #33
#39Jeffrey42US #43
#40Gregory39US #51
#41Jason38US #46
#42Jacob36US #20
#43Donald29US #87
#44Kenneth28US #52
#45Shane26US #73
#46Shawn26US #69
#47Edward25US #68
#48Jeremy25US #40
#49Nathan25US #44
#50Samuel25US #45
#51Cody24US #31
#52Scott24US #53
#53Bryan23US #57
#54George23US #79
#55Paul23US #49
#56Travis23US #42
#57Ian22US #70
#58Ronald22US #97
#59Jose21US #41
#60Keith21US #80
#61Evan20US #71
#62Cory19US #67
#63Jesse19US #48
#64Dustin18US #50
#65Peter18US #74
#66Corey17US #56
#67Dylan17US #83
#68Marcus17US #72
#69Cameron16US #62
#70Craig16US #117
#71Vincent16US #78
#72Austin15US #55
#73Christian15US #60
#74Andre14US #137
#75Chad14US #85
#76Colin14US #122
#77Bradley13US #65
#78Derek13US #54
#79Douglas13US #103
#80Phillip13US #81
#81Carl12US #145
#82Dennis12US #129
#83Troy12US #128
#84Ethan11US #58
#85Jerry11US #146
#86Allen10US #141
#87Curtis10US #121
#88Darius10US #152
#89Erik10US #96
#90Garrett10US #99
#91Gary10US #114
#92Isaiah10
#93Johnathan10US #108
#94Louis10US #168
#95Nathaniel10US #86
#96Raymond10US #92
#97Antonio9US #77
#98Arthur9US #197
#99Jeremiah9US #154
#100Julian9US #123

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑48Paige#51
↑40Keith#60
↑28Cody#51
↑27Kaitlin#60
↑26Christine#26
↑25Dana#59
↑24Brooke#65
↑23Alexis#34

Falling

↓40Raymond#96
↓37Cassandra#80
↓37Jacqueline#90
↓35Kiara#91
↓34Brittney#73
↓27Tiffany#46
↓27Kathleen#100
↓24Kristin#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.