State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,000 Delaware births in 1996 across 364 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#72Deja#182 nationally
#91Devonoutside the national top 200
#87Liam#184 nationally
#70Alison#166 nationally
#36Shane#112 nationally
#47Casey#121 nationally
#82Ronald#156 nationally
#90Chad#161 nationally
#76Cory#144 nationally
#85Kathleen#152 nationally
#93Donald#158 nationally
#65Colin#126 nationally

Girls

#1Emily85US #1
#2Taylor82US #6
#3Sarah67US #4
#4Samantha59US #5
#5Jessica58US #2
#6Rachel55US #9
#7Ashley54US #3
#8Alexis53US #8
#9Megan52US #12
#10Elizabeth50US #10
#11Lauren47US #16
#12Amanda46US #13
#13Brittany45US #14
#14Hannah45US #7
#15Kayla42US #11
#16Brianna41US #17
#17Madison40US #15
#18Morgan39US #25
#19Courtney38US #21
#20Erin38US #51
#21Rebecca36US #24
#22Gabrielle35US #54
#23Jennifer35US #19
#24Alyssa34US #23
#25Alexandra33US #26
#26Abigail31US #32
#27Haley30US #30
#28Nicole30US #22
#29Victoria30US #18
#30Amber27US #27
#31Anna27US #33
#32Brooke26US #45
#33Jasmine26US #28
#34Kelsey26US #36
#35Chelsea25US #55
#36Danielle25US #29
#37Stephanie25US #20
#38Katelyn24US #64
#39Sydney23US #39
#40Caroline22US #78
#41Jenna22US #83
#42Melissa21US #42
#43Shelby21US #35
#44Julia20US #48
#45Kathryn20US #87
#46Allison19US #38
#47Casey19US #121
#48Katherine19US #31
#49Sabrina19US #58
#50Shannon19US #80
#51Christina18US #57
#52Emma18US #53
#53Briana17US #72
#54Caitlin17US #84
#55Catherine17US #95
#56Jacqueline17US #69
#57Jordan17US #49
#58Kaitlyn17US #40
#59Kimberly17US #41
#60Madeline17US #67
#61Olivia17US #34
#62Paige17US #65
#63Alexandria16US #77
#64Mary16US #44
#65Breanna15US #74
#66Heather15US #71
#67Maria15US #37
#68Miranda15US #76
#69Sara15US #50
#70Alison14US #166
#71Claire14US #116
#72Deja14US #182
#73Destiny14US #56
#74Kelly14US #73
#75Kristen14US #70
#76Laura14US #66
#77Mackenzie14US #75
#78Margaret14US #105
#79Molly14US #99
#80Natalie14US #46
#81Alicia13US #91
#82Angela13US #90
#83Cassidy13US #109
#84Jamie13US #96
#85Kathleen13US #152
#86Katie13US #81
#87Marissa13US #59
#88Alexa12US #100
#89Andrea12US #61
#90Caitlyn12US #138
#91Devon12
#92Grace12US #94
#93Kylie12US #111
#94Sierra12US #62
#95Amy11US #88
#96Brittney11US #115
#97Carly11US #126
#98Hailey11US #93
#99Meghan11US #113
#100Monica11US #82

Boys

#1Michael127US #1
#2Matthew119US #2
#3Christopher99US #4
#4Tyler97US #7
#5Ryan89US #16
#6Zachary85US #14
#7Brandon80US #8
#8John80US #15
#9Joshua79US #5
#10Nicholas78US #6
#11James74US #17
#12William73US #18
#13Jacob70US #3
#14Thomas70US #28
#15Andrew69US #10
#16Daniel68US #11
#17Joseph66US #12
#18Anthony65US #19
#19Kyle64US #25
#20Robert64US #23
#21David58US #13
#22Justin57US #20
#23Alexander49US #22
#24Austin47US #9
#25Jonathan47US #21
#26Eric46US #35
#27Kevin45US #26
#28Benjamin42US #29
#29Patrick42US #44
#30Dylan41US #33
#31Jordan39US #27
#32Samuel38US #30
#33Sean38US #46
#34Cody34US #31
#35Mark34US #55
#36Shane33US #112
#37Brian32US #36
#38Christian31US #24
#39Charles30US #43
#40Logan29US #42
#41Stephen28US #59
#42Timothy28US #40
#43Richard27US #45
#44Steven25US #38
#45Jason24US #41
#46Adam23US #39
#47Connor23US #54
#48Nathan23US #37
#49Jeffrey22US #72
#50Alex20US #53
#51Cameron20US #49
#52Gregory20US #98
#53Jared20US #64
#54Luke20US #75
#55Aaron19US #34
#56Edward19US #96
#57Ian19US #70
#58Ethan18US #62
#59Jeremy18US #56
#60Malik18US #97
#61Peter18US #95
#62Bryan17US #66
#63Shawn17US #111
#64Travis17US #73
#65Colin16US #126
#66Devon16US #127
#67Elijah16US #81
#68Marcus16US #87
#69Seth16US #103
#70Vincent16US #116
#71Nathaniel15US #69
#72Corey14US #94
#73Evan14US #65
#74Kenneth14US #77
#75Brett13US #110
#76Cory13US #144
#77Derek13US #101
#78Jack13US #89
#79Jesse13US #51
#80Juan13US #52
#81Paul13US #78
#82Ronald13US #156
#83Trevor13US #63
#84Collin12US #115
#85Hunter12US #47
#86Jose12US #32
#87Liam12US #184
#88Scott12US #108
#89Bradley11US #83
#90Chad11US #161
#91Cole11US #106
#92Dillon11US #121
#93Donald11US #158
#94Garrett11US #85
#95Adrian10US #92
#96Chase10US #76
#97Grant10US #119
#98Keith10US #159
#99Noah10US #50
#100Caleb9US #48

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑64Shane#36
↑60Caroline#40
↑50Sabrina#49
↑46Casey#47
↑45Gregory#52
↑40Cameron#51
↑37Chelsea#35
↑35Jasmine#33

Falling

↓45Amy#95
↓39Alexa#88
↓38Heather#66
↓38Hunter#85
↓34Kelly#74
↓31Bradley#89
↓25Kaitlyn#58
↓25Laura#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.