State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,026 Delaware births in 1998 across 369 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#87Loganoutside the national top 200
#74Donald#180 nationally
#78Owen#179 nationally
#89Chad#186 nationally
#98Andre#193 nationally
#91Cierra#181 nationally
#55Carly#141 nationally
#78Diamond#164 nationally
#81Brady#163 nationally
#77Casey#150 nationally
#48Shane#118 nationally
#87Liam#155 nationally

Girls

#1Emily92US #1
#2Taylor86US #7
#3Madison69US #9
#4Samantha66US #3
#5Sarah66US #4
#6Alexis65US #6
#7Hannah57US #2
#8Jessica56US #8
#9Kayla53US #12
#10Ashley46US #5
#11Olivia46US #21
#12Elizabeth45US #10
#13Morgan45US #23
#14Megan44US #13
#15Amanda39US #19
#16Victoria39US #16
#17Julia38US #32
#18Lauren37US #14
#19Rachel37US #15
#20Abigail36US #18
#21Brianna34US #17
#22Rebecca33US #30
#23Jasmine30US #26
#24Alyssa29US #11
#25Brittany29US #25
#26Katherine29US #33
#27Erin28US #57
#28Brooke26US #46
#29Emma26US #22
#30Courtney25US #39
#31Kaitlyn25US #35
#32Mary25US #44
#33Nicole25US #24
#34Alexandra24US #27
#35Gabrielle24US #47
#36Danielle23US #41
#37Amber22US #37
#38Jenna22US #65
#39Kelsey22US #56
#40Sophia22US #73
#41Jennifer21US #20
#42Jordan21US #42
#43Madeline21US #50
#44Stephanie21US #29
#45Caroline20US #75
#46Shelby20US #49
#47Sierra20US #51
#48Sydney20US #28
#49Christina19US #69
#50Destiny19US #34
#51Shannon19US #104
#52Grace18US #53
#53Marissa18US #66
#54Savannah18US #45
#55Carly17US #141
#56Hailey17US #70
#57Anna16US #31
#58Autumn16US #77
#59Mackenzie16US #64
#60Breanna15US #76
#61Briana15US #79
#62Caitlin15US #78
#63Katelyn15US #58
#64Kimberly15US #54
#65Maria15US #43
#66Alexa14US #93
#67Catherine14US #101
#68Chloe14US #87
#69Haley14US #36
#70Kathryn14US #89
#71Laura14US #74
#72Miranda14US #80
#73Paige14US #63
#74Sara14US #48
#75Andrea13US #61
#76Angela13US #100
#77Casey13US #150
#78Diamond13US #164
#79Kaitlin13US #120
#80Melissa13US #59
#81Molly13US #108
#82Natalie13US #40
#83Allison12US #38
#84Jamie12US #112
#85Katie12US #88
#86Kaylee12US #86
#87Logan12
#88Meghan12US #121
#89Michelle12US #55
#90Amy11US #96
#91Cierra11US #181
#92Erica11US #92
#93Hayley11US #151
#94Kylie11US #117
#95Lindsey11US #97
#96Margaret11US #114
#97Mariah11US #62
#98Tiffany11US #67
#99Cassandra10US #85
#100Heather10US #99

Boys

#1Michael122US #1
#2Tyler101US #8
#3Matthew100US #3
#4Joshua95US #4
#5Christopher91US #5
#6Ryan86US #17
#7William85US #14
#8Nicholas84US #6
#9James78US #18
#10Jacob76US #2
#11Brandon75US #7
#12Zachary75US #16
#13John72US #15
#14Justin72US #20
#15Robert70US #23
#16Joseph69US #11
#17Andrew67US #9
#18Kyle65US #24
#19Daniel64US #12
#20David63US #13
#21Jordan55US #27
#22Alexander54US #22
#23Anthony54US #19
#24Dylan50US #25
#25Austin47US #10
#26Sean45US #50
#27Kevin43US #32
#28Thomas43US #31
#29Jonathan41US #21
#30Samuel41US #28
#31Benjamin40US #30
#32Eric40US #39
#33Charles35US #48
#34Nathan34US #34
#35Noah33US #29
#36Hunter32US #36
#37Cody31US #43
#38Brian30US #41
#39Mark29US #64
#40Steven29US #46
#41Aaron28US #37
#42Connor27US #47
#43Richard27US #56
#44Christian26US #26
#45Timothy26US #49
#46Jason25US #40
#47Patrick25US #57
#48Shane25US #118
#49Ethan23US #38
#50Evan23US #63
#51Shawn22US #113
#52Kenneth21US #87
#53Nathaniel21US #60
#54Chase20US #67
#55Isaiah20US #59
#56Jared20US #51
#57Adam19US #45
#58Brendan19US #99
#59Elijah19US #66
#60Jack19US #61
#61Bryan18US #74
#62Caleb18US #42
#63Colin18US #122
#64Jeremy18US #68
#65Logan18US #44
#66Alex17US #55
#67Cameron17US #35
#68Jose17US #33
#69Jeffrey16US #91
#70Luis16US #53
#71Luke16US #75
#72Stephen16US #78
#73Antonio15US #79
#74Donald15US #180
#75Edward15US #105
#76Ian15US #73
#77Scott15US #123
#78Owen14US #179
#79Gavin13US #116
#80Trevor13US #58
#81Brady12US #163
#82Dalton12US #88
#83Marcus12US #96
#84Peter12US #111
#85Cole11US #77
#86Garrett11US #80
#87Liam11US #155
#88Vincent11US #121
#89Chad10US #186
#90Dominic10US #120
#91Gabriel10US #54
#92Gregory10US #109
#93Jake10US #102
#94Jesse10US #70
#95Paul10US #89
#96Seth10US #86
#97Tanner10US #82
#98Andre9US #193
#99Bradley9US #101
#100Brett9US #133

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑44Sierra#47
↑43Noah#35
↑36Savannah#54
↑35Marissa#53
↑34Kenneth#52
↑33Bryan#61
↑27Chase#54
↑24Shelby#46

Falling

↓42Natalie#82
↓40Paige#73
↓37Allison#83
↓34Ian#76
↓33Margaret#96
↓32Haley#69
↓31Dominic#90
↓28Paul#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.