State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,948 Delaware births in 1997 across 353 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#92Bryannaoutside the national top 200
#96Juliannaoutside the national top 200
#95Calvin#192 nationally
#79Jillian#166 nationally
#80Julie#163 nationally
#67Lindsay#149 nationally
#91Troy#170 nationally
#89Liam#162 nationally
#59Dominic#129 nationally
#60George#121 nationally
#72Julian#131 nationally
#94Casey#146 nationally

Girls

#1Emily86US #1
#2Sarah85US #4
#3Taylor85US #7
#4Alexis70US #8
#5Jessica60US #2
#6Samantha59US #6
#7Lauren58US #14
#8Rachel58US #13
#9Hannah54US #5
#10Brianna53US #17
#11Ashley51US #3
#12Morgan51US #22
#13Rebecca44US #25
#14Elizabeth41US #9
#15Alyssa40US #15
#16Brittany40US #20
#17Kayla38US #12
#18Victoria38US #19
#19Alexandra37US #30
#20Courtney37US #28
#21Jasmine37US #24
#22Jennifer37US #18
#23Julia37US #37
#24Megan36US #11
#25Madison33US #10
#26Abigail32US #26
#27Amanda31US #16
#28Emma31US #36
#29Katherine31US #32
#30Amber29US #29
#31Gabrielle28US #51
#32Olivia28US #27
#33Paige28US #64
#34Jordan27US #40
#35Danielle26US #34
#36Nicole26US #21
#37Haley25US #31
#38Jenna24US #76
#39Kaitlyn24US #41
#40Natalie24US #48
#41Shannon24US #85
#42Brooke23US #45
#43Erin23US #52
#44Mary21US #46
#45Sydney20US #35
#46Allison19US #39
#47Caroline19US #75
#48Kelly19US #83
#49Madeline19US #59
#50Cheyenne18US #68
#51Christina18US #62
#52Destiny18US #42
#53Kristen18US #82
#54Laura18US #66
#55Sara18US #50
#56Stephanie18US #23
#57Angela17US #93
#58Anna17US #33
#59Kelsey17US #57
#60Sabrina17US #53
#61Briana15US #72
#62Caitlin15US #88
#63Margaret15US #110
#64Miranda15US #70
#65Alexa14US #106
#66Jacqueline14US #77
#67Lindsay14US #149
#68Mackenzie14US #71
#69Maria14US #38
#70Shelby14US #43
#71Amy13US #92
#72Catherine13US #96
#73Katelyn13US #63
#74Kathryn13US #86
#75Meghan13US #113
#76Mikayla13US #112
#77Autumn12US #91
#78Chelsea12US #73
#79Jillian12US #166
#80Julie12US #163
#81Melissa12US #44
#82Monica12US #79
#83Dominique11US #118
#84Erica11US #84
#85Katie11US #87
#86Kimberly11US #49
#87Kylie11US #116
#88Marissa11US #60
#89Molly11US #98
#90Savannah11US #47
#91Sierra11US #56
#92Bryanna10
#93Caitlyn10US #133
#94Casey10US #146
#95Cassandra10US #81
#96Julianna10
#97Kaitlin10US #119
#98Leah10US #104
#99Lindsey10US #95
#100Michelle10US #55

Boys

#1Michael148US #1
#2Matthew114US #3
#3Tyler100US #10
#4Joshua90US #5
#5Christopher86US #4
#6Nicholas86US #6
#7Andrew85US #7
#8Jacob83US #2
#9Zachary81US #13
#10Ryan77US #16
#11John76US #15
#12James73US #17
#13Brandon70US #8
#14Daniel69US #11
#15Austin67US #9
#16Anthony65US #18
#17David65US #14
#18Robert65US #23
#19Joseph63US #12
#20Kyle59US #24
#21William59US #19
#22Justin55US #20
#23Thomas53US #31
#24Jordan50US #26
#25Samuel46US #27
#26Dylan45US #30
#27Kevin44US #28
#28Alexander43US #22
#29Jonathan43US #21
#30Brian39US #37
#31Christian36US #25
#32Benjamin34US #29
#33Isaiah33US #60
#34Patrick31US #50
#35Aaron30US #33
#36Connor30US #52
#37Nathan30US #34
#38Sean30US #48
#39Timothy30US #43
#40Adam29US #39
#41Eric29US #35
#42Ian27US #70
#43Richard27US #51
#44Steven27US #40
#45Cody26US #36
#46Jason26US #41
#47Logan26US #42
#48Jeremy25US #64
#49Jeffrey24US #84
#50Mark24US #58
#51Cameron23US #45
#52Stephen23US #68
#53Charles22US #49
#54Elijah21US #74
#55Evan21US #61
#56Jared21US #56
#57Hunter20US #44
#58Luke19US #78
#59Dominic18US #129
#60George18US #121
#61Cole17US #72
#62Dustin17US #88
#63Ethan17US #46
#64Trevor17US #62
#65Brendan16US #107
#66Corey16US #110
#67Paul16US #79
#68Caleb15US #47
#69Seth15US #97
#70Shane15US #114
#71Shawn15US #109
#72Julian14US #131
#73Nathaniel14US #65
#74Peter14US #102
#75Alex13US #55
#76Edward13US #100
#77Gregory13US #103
#78Noah13US #38
#79Bradley12US #94
#80Brett12US #116
#81Chase12US #77
#82Colin12US #125
#83Derek12US #106
#84Devin12US #59
#85Gabriel12US #57
#86Kenneth12US #83
#87Luis12US #53
#88Wyatt12US #137
#89Liam11US #162
#90Marcus11US #93
#91Troy11US #170
#92Vincent11US #118
#93Alec10US #123
#94Bryan10US #69
#95Calvin10US #192
#96Dakota10US #66
#97Devon10US #119
#98Juan10US #54
#99Scott10US #113
#100Travis10US #81

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑40Natalie#40
↑32Caleb#68
↑30Cole#61
↑29Olivia#32
↑29Paige#33
↑28Hunter#57
↑26Kelly#48
↑25Angela#57

Falling

↓47Casey#94
↓43Chelsea#78
↓39Melissa#81
↓36Travis#100
↓35Katelyn#73
↓34Shane#70
↓32Bryan#94
↓31Devon#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.