Popular baby names in Delaware, 1968

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1968 were Lisa for girls (122 babies) and Michael for boys (239). Social Security records list 7,823 babies born in Delaware in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1968

Names given at least 15 times in Delaware that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Catherine: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Holly: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darlene: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dawn: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donna: 67 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Valerie: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sharon: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Victoria: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Theresa: 35 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tracey: 22 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Phillip: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jay: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Wayne: 22 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	122	–	1
2	Kimberly	113	–	3
3	Michelle	104	–	2
4	Jennifer	83	↑14	4
5	Susan	82	↓1	10
6	Karen	80	↓1	9
7	Dawn	71	↑3	21
8	Donna	67	↑5	24
9	Laura	65	↑14	11
10	Patricia	64	↓2	15
11	Mary	62	↓5	6
12	Elizabeth	55	↓5	17
13	Amy	53	↑9	13
14	Melissa	53	↑5	5
15	Pamela	53	–	20
16	Sharon	51	↑4	32
17	Kelly	50	↑16	12
18	Michele	49	↑6	29
19	Deborah	47	↓7	27
20	Stephanie	45	↓9	23
21	Christine	42	↓12	14
22	Angela	40	↑10	7
23	Denise	38	↑4	35
24	Sandra	38	↑5	26
25	Wendy	37	↓8	31
26	Catherine	36	new	56
27	Cynthia	36	↓13	19
28	Tammy	36	↓12	8
29	Theresa	35	↓1	47
30	Barbara	34	–	36
31	Rebecca	33	↑10	33
32	Cheryl	32	↓6	37
33	Kathleen	31	↓12	40
34	Tracy	31	↑2	25
35	Robin	30	–	43
36	Julie	29	new	16
37	Linda	29	↓12	28
38	Lori	29	–	22
39	Teresa	29	–	30
40	Christina	28	new	44
41	Andrea	27	↑1	48
42	Ann	26	↑3	54
43	Tina	25	↓12	18
44	Jill	24	new	46
45	Valerie	24	↓1	77
46	Diane	23	↓6	51
47	Tracey	22	new	72
48	Victoria	22	new	82
49	Brenda	21	↓2	34
50	Nancy	21	↓13	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Michael	239	–	1
2	Robert	223	↑3	5
3	John	221	↓1	3
4	James	191	↓1	4
5	David	185	↓1	2
6	William	133	–	6
7	Christopher	112	↑3	9
8	Mark	111	↓1	7
9	Thomas	111	↑3	12
10	Richard	106	↓1	8
11	Joseph	102	↓3	16
12	Brian	94	↓1	10
13	Jeffrey	88	↑3	11
14	Charles	87	–	20
15	Scott	70	↑11	14
16	Stephen	66	↑8	27
17	Kevin	63	↓4	17
18	Steven	63	↓3	15
19	Anthony	62	↑1	21
20	Matthew	58	↑3	24
21	Ronald	58	↑6	25
22	Paul	57	↓4	19
23	Kenneth	53	↓1	23
24	Daniel	51	↓7	18
25	Eric	50	↑5	22
26	Timothy	50	↓7	13
27	Gregory	48	↑6	26
28	Edward	47	↑1	31
29	Donald	44	↓8	29
30	George	41	↓2	36
31	Keith	41	↑1	35
32	Douglas	40	↓1	33
33	Andrew	37	↓8	34
34	Patrick	35	↑1	30
35	Jonathan	27	↑14	53
36	Peter	27	–	39
37	Dennis	26	↑9	45
38	Frank	24	new	49
39	Sean	24	↑3	37
40	Phillip	22	new	71
41	Shawn	22	↓1	43
42	Wayne	22	↓5	63
43	Bryan	19	↓5	51
44	Larry	19	new	38
45	Raymond	19	new	50
46	Jay	18	new	88
47	Russell	18	new	56
48	Bruce	17	↓7	61
49	Francis	17	↓2	>100
50	Gary	16	↓16	32

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