State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,169 Delaware births in 2005 across 440 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#72Aniyahoutside the national top 200
#80Alainaoutside the national top 200
#84Nasiroutside the national top 200
#85Juliannaoutside the national top 200
#73Edwin#178 nationally
#99Amiroutside the national top 200
#73Cheyenne#171 nationally
#92Cassidy#189 nationally
#75Jillian#161 nationally
#78Malachi#162 nationally
#94Juliana#176 nationally
#86Shane#166 nationally

Girls

#1Madison68US #3
#2Emily63US #1
#3Sarah59US #15
#4Emma56US #2
#5Abigail50US #4
#6Alexis50US #13
#7Samantha50US #8
#8Olivia49US #5
#9Ava47US #9
#10Natalie45US #18
#11Elizabeth43US #11
#12Hannah42US #7
#13Morgan38US #33
#14Grace37US #14
#15Brianna35US #20
#16Isabella34US #6
#17Alyssa33US #16
#18Ashley32US #10
#19Kayla32US #25
#20Anna31US #22
#21Taylor31US #24
#22Julia30US #31
#23Sophia29US #12
#24Brooke28US #47
#25Lauren28US #21
#26Mia28US #17
#27Savannah28US #35
#28Lily27US #39
#29Rachel27US #38
#30Mackenzie26US #51
#31Victoria26US #28
#32Paige24US #60
#33Madeline23US #70
#34Sydney23US #30
#35Chloe22US #19
#36Jordan22US #86
#37Kaitlyn22US #34
#38Makayla21US #44
#39Alexandra20US #37
#40Ariana20US #82
#41Destiny20US #32
#42Gabrielle20US #55
#43Jessica20US #27
#44Arianna19US #88
#45Hailey19US #26
#46Alexa18US #66
#47Amelia18US #84
#48Catherine18US #109
#49Riley18US #54
#50Ella17US #23
#51Jasmine17US #29
#52Jennifer17US #42
#53Kylie17US #57
#54Megan17US #41
#55Amanda16US #79
#56Caroline16US #83
#57Gabriella16US #61
#58Danielle15US #102
#59Molly15US #97
#60Nevaeh15US #69
#61Rebecca15US #81
#62Trinity15US #48
#63Allison14US #45
#64Avery14US #67
#65Erin14US #112
#66Evelyn14US #71
#67Jenna14US #62
#68Katelyn14US #59
#69Mariah14US #85
#70Sara14US #75
#71Aaliyah13US #93
#72Aniyah13
#73Cheyenne13US #171
#74Isabelle13US #96
#75Jillian13US #161
#76Kendall13US #132
#77Skylar13US #154
#78Zoe13US #58
#79Adriana12US #121
#80Alaina12
#81Angelina12US #43
#82Audrey12US #77
#83Gianna12US #110
#84Jada12US #76
#85Julianna12
#86Katherine12US #36
#87Lillian12US #50
#88Maria12US #46
#89Maya12US #73
#90Melissa12US #104
#91Peyton12US #131
#92Cassidy11US #189
#93Faith11US #49
#94Juliana11US #176
#95Kathryn11US #125
#96Kelsey11US #173
#97Leah11US #68
#98Sierra11US #105
#99Vanessa11US #80
#100Ana10US #147

Boys

#1Michael89US #2
#2Matthew77US #4
#3Ryan75US #14
#4Joshua74US #3
#5Jacob73US #1
#6Anthony72US #8
#7Nicholas72US #15
#8Alexander68US #13
#9Andrew66US #6
#10William66US #11
#11James64US #17
#12John63US #18
#13Nathan58US #20
#14Joseph57US #9
#15Brandon54US #27
#16David54US #12
#17Daniel53US #7
#18Tyler51US #16
#19Christopher50US #10
#20Robert49US #37
#21Christian48US #22
#22Luke48US #41
#23Elijah47US #31
#24Ethan44US #5
#25Thomas43US #40
#26Logan42US #26
#27Samuel40US #21
#28Aiden39US #50
#29Sean39US #75
#30Zachary39US #29
#31Owen38US #60
#32Dylan37US #24
#33Aidan36US #43
#34Benjamin36US #25
#35Jonathan36US #19
#36Justin35US #36
#37Jason34US #51
#38Cameron33US #52
#39Connor33US #48
#40Gavin33US #47
#41Isaiah33US #45
#42Jayden33US #54
#43Kevin33US #33
#44Noah33US #23
#45Brian31US #63
#46Kyle31US #69
#47Angel30US #32
#48Charles30US #56
#49Nathaniel30US #67
#50Jackson28US #44
#51Jordan28US #46
#52Mason28US #42
#53Gabriel27US #28
#54Jack27US #34
#55Lucas27US #58
#56Hunter26US #53
#57Aaron25US #57
#58Austin25US #38
#59Chase24US #82
#60Jose24US #30
#61Caleb23US #35
#62Evan23US #39
#63Ian23US #68
#64Patrick21US #108
#65Bryan20US #72
#66Juan20US #55
#67Cole19US #79
#68Eric19US #66
#69Liam19US #104
#70Timothy19US #84
#71Cody18US #96
#72Dominic18US #85
#73Edwin17US #178
#74Jeremiah17US #78
#75Trevor17US #112
#76Adam16US #64
#77Alex16US #71
#78Malachi16US #162
#79Paul16US #130
#80Bryce15US #109
#81Carlos15US #70
#82Colin15US #95
#83Garrett15US #124
#84Nasir15
#85Richard15US #94
#86Shane15US #166
#87Stephen15US #143
#88Joel14US #123
#89Kenneth14US #122
#90Steven14US #83
#91Giovanni13US #158
#92Isaac13US #49
#93Jaden13US #88
#94Vincent13US #111
#95Antonio12US #92
#96Edward12US #134
#97Nolan12US #149
#98Xavier12US #87
#99Amir11
#100Brayden11US #80

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑52Alexa#46
↑47Jordan#36
↑38Madeline#33
↑35Rebecca#61
↑32Jackson#50
↑27Savannah#27
↑27Angel#47
↑25Nevaeh#60

Falling

↓53Maria#88
↓43Katherine#86
↓40Angelina#81
↓40Sierra#98
↓38Zoe#78
↓35Leah#97
↓33Gianna#83
↓32Jada#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.