State roster

Top names in Delaware

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Delaware birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,838 Delaware births in 2008 across 445 distinct names.

Distinctively Delaware

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

#59Delaneyoutside the national top 200
#70Aniyah#184 nationally
#88Crystaloutside the national top 200
#86Jeffrey#198 nationally
#86Carly#197 nationally
#71Shane#174 nationally
#92Kelsey#195 nationally
#100Landen#199 nationally
#85Jaiden#172 nationally
#85Alana#166 nationally
#99Alicia#177 nationally
#99Edwin#175 nationally

Girls

#1Ava70US #5
#2Olivia69US #4
#3Madison61US #6
#4Abigail57US #8
#5Emma56US #1
#6Emily50US #3
#7Isabella50US #2
#8Sophia47US #7
#9Brianna40US #23
#10Alexis39US #15
#11Hannah36US #17
#12Elizabeth34US #9
#13Riley32US #39
#14Taylor31US #22
#15Alyssa30US #16
#16Kayla30US #28
#17Ashley29US #18
#18Natalie29US #13
#19Julia27US #41
#20Lily27US #24
#21Mia27US #14
#22Samantha27US #11
#23Chloe26US #10
#24Grace26US #21
#25Sarah26US #20
#26Anna25US #26
#27Aubrey25US #42
#28Leah24US #40
#29Madeline24US #56
#30Ella23US #19
#31Aaliyah22US #76
#32Savannah22US #33
#33Hailey20US #25
#34Layla20US #55
#35Lillian20US #29
#36Addison19US #12
#37Arianna19US #66
#38Destiny19US #47
#39Gianna19US #88
#40Nevaeh19US #34
#41Jasmine18US #43
#42Kaitlyn18US #53
#43Morgan18US #46
#44Paige18US #89
#45Gabrielle17US #79
#46Jada17US #110
#47Kylie17US #51
#48Alexandra16US #61
#49Allison16US #32
#50Angelina16US #69
#51Makayla16US #37
#52Sydney16US #49
#53Avery15US #38
#54Evelyn15US #54
#55Jayla15US #117
#56Mackenzie15US #65
#57Madelyn15US #64
#58Payton15US #91
#59Delaney14
#60Katherine14US #45
#61Rachel14US #74
#62Brooke13US #52
#63Caroline13US #94
#64Charlotte13US #86
#65Faith13US #90
#66Gabriella13US #35
#67Maya13US #71
#68Rylee13US #116
#69Adriana12US #124
#70Aniyah12US #184
#71Ariana12US #81
#72Autumn12US #87
#73Kimberly12US #57
#74Lauren12US #30
#75Lucy12US #112
#76Peyton12US #60
#77Zoe12US #58
#78Audrey11US #44
#79Haley11US #102
#80Laila11US #140
#81Maria11US #63
#82Megan11US #100
#83Rebecca11US #118
#84Victoria11US #27
#85Alana10US #166
#86Carly10US #197
#87Claire10US #62
#88Crystal10
#89Hayden10US #127
#90Jocelyn10US #67
#91Kaylee10US #31
#92Kelsey10US #195
#93Mariah10US #77
#94Mary10US #96
#95Molly10US #104
#96Mya10US #103
#97Sara10US #92
#98Sofia10US #36
#99Alicia9US #177
#100Brooklyn9US #48

Boys

#1Michael89US #2
#2William70US #8
#3Jacob69US #1
#4Christopher65US #9
#5Joshua64US #4
#6Jayden62US #11
#7Anthony60US #7
#8James59US #17
#9John58US #20
#10Matthew58US #10
#11Ryan58US #18
#12Chase54US #67
#13Daniel53US #5
#14Joseph53US #13
#15Andrew50US #12
#16Alexander49US #6
#17Noah49US #15
#18Ethan47US #3
#19Christian45US #23
#20Elijah45US #22
#21Jonathan45US #26
#22Nathan44US #21
#23Logan40US #19
#24Robert39US #49
#25Gabriel38US #24
#26Aidan37US #59
#27Tyler36US #28
#28David35US #14
#29Aiden34US #16
#30Brandon34US #33
#31Benjamin33US #25
#32Dylan33US #31
#33Mason33US #35
#34Gavin32US #30
#35Justin32US #44
#36Nicholas32US #29
#37Thomas32US #52
#38Austin31US #55
#39Cameron31US #53
#40Jordan31US #48
#41Samuel31US #27
#42Luke30US #43
#43Owen29US #58
#44Aaron28US #50
#45Brian28US #87
#46Isaiah28US #42
#47Jackson28US #32
#48Charles27US #63
#49Jason27US #60
#50Zachary27US #47
#51Connor26US #57
#52Evan26US #38
#53Kevin26US #41
#54Dominic25US #93
#55Julian25US #61
#56Jack24US #39
#57Jeremiah24US #68
#58Wyatt24US #62
#59Landon23US #45
#60Liam23US #75
#61Brady22US #94
#62Caleb22US #34
#63Xavier22US #71
#64Angel21US #36
#65Carter21US #65
#66Cole21US #85
#67Jose21US #40
#68Nathaniel21US #77
#69Adam20US #72
#70Brayden20US #51
#71Shane20US #174
#72Richard19US #108
#73Ayden18US #91
#74Eric18US #86
#75Hunter18US #54
#76Ian18US #80
#77Isaac18US #37
#78Josiah18US #95
#79Sean18US #83
#80Kyle17US #97
#81Jaden16US #88
#82Luis16US #64
#83Brody15US #70
#84Henry15US #78
#85Jaiden15US #172
#86Jeffrey15US #198
#87Patrick15US #127
#88Steven15US #104
#89Alex14US #84
#90Bryce14US #117
#91Edward14US #148
#92George14US #155
#93Juan14US #66
#94Lucas14US #46
#95Timothy14US #107
#96Carlos13US #73
#97Cristian13US #150
#98Gage13US #146
#99Edwin12US #175
#100Landen12US #199

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑52Lily#20
↑49Riley#13
↑49Layla#34
↑49Allison#49
↑34Katherine#60
↑31Julia#19
↑31Aubrey#27
↑31Hailey#33

Falling

↓62Molly#95
↓56Victoria#84
↓43Maria#81
↓43Megan#82
↓40Kaylee#91
↓38Lauren#74
↓36Gabriella#66
↓36Zoe#77

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.