Popular baby names in Delaware, 1970

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (134 babies) and Michael for boys (247). Social Security records list 8,231 babies born in Delaware in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1970

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

Girls

Dawn: 100 babies, 3× the national rate
Valerie: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sheila: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Danielle: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tara: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Crystal: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Tracey: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Beth: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ann: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Laurie: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Francis: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Wayne: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lawrence: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	134	↑2	1
2	Michelle	126	↑3	4
3	Kimberly	116	↓2	3
4	Lisa	108	↓2	2
5	Dawn	100	↓1	16
6	Christine	61	↑6	14
7	Laura	61	↑13	13
8	Patricia	61	↑9	24
9	Tracy	61	↑15	10
10	Kelly	60	↑5	20
11	Susan	58	↓5	15
12	Amy	56	↓5	5
13	Karen	56	↓3	12
14	Mary	56	↓1	9
15	Melissa	54	↓6	7
16	Tammy	53	↓8	8
17	Elizabeth	52	↓1	18
18	Stephanie	49	↑4	17
19	Tina	49	↑4	21
20	Nicole	47	↑25	30
21	Donna	46	↑8	32
22	Deborah	42	↓4	33
23	Angela	40	↑2	6
24	Heather	38	↓5	19
25	Michele	38	↓11	31
26	Pamela	38	↓15	26
27	Sharon	38	–	37
28	Denise	37	↑3	36
29	Cynthia	34	↓8	25
30	Shannon	34	new	22
31	Barbara	33	↑6	41
32	Julie	33	↓6	11
33	Kathleen	33	↓1	45
34	Christina	32	↑1	35
35	Lori	31	↓7	23
36	Sandra	31	new	27
37	Tracey	31	↑9	55
38	Andrea	29	↑11	43
39	Nancy	28	↑8	50
40	Theresa	28	new	53
41	Ann	27	new	62
42	Sheila	27	new	75
43	Tara	27	new	69
44	Robin	26	↓10	51
45	Valerie	25	new	97
46	Wendy	25	↓7	28
47	Linda	24	↓17	38
48	Catherine	23	new	59
49	Cheryl	23	↓6	44
50	Kristin	23	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	247	–	1
2	John	223	–	4
3	Robert	209	–	5
4	James	208	↑2	2
5	David	204	↓1	3
6	William	175	↓1	7
7	Christopher	131	–	6
8	Joseph	115	↑4	16
9	Mark	114	–	9
10	Richard	111	–	10
11	Jeffrey	106	–	11
12	Thomas	95	↑2	17
13	Brian	83	↓5	8
14	Kevin	76	↑3	14
15	Charles	74	↓2	21
16	Matthew	71	↑9	24
17	Stephen	70	↑4	27
18	Daniel	64	↓2	19
19	Anthony	63	↑3	22
20	Scott	63	↓5	12
21	Steven	62	↓3	15
22	Donald	55	↑10	30
23	Eric	53	–	18
24	Paul	53	↓4	23
25	Timothy	51	↓6	20
26	Andrew	50	↑2	32
27	Edward	45	–	31
28	Gregory	44	↓4	26
29	Ronald	43	↓3	29
30	Keith	40	↑3	38
31	Kenneth	39	↓2	25
32	George	36	↓2	40
33	Patrick	36	↓2	33
34	Shawn	36	↑7	34
35	Sean	34	↑3	37
36	Craig	33	↑3	39
37	Jason	32	↑11	13
38	Wayne	27	↓2	80
39	Douglas	26	↓5	36
40	Dennis	25	new	46
41	Raymond	24	↑4	49
42	Larry	22	↑2	43
43	Todd	22	↓1	28
44	Gary	20	↓9	35
45	Harry	20	new	>100
46	Jonathan	20	↓3	42
47	Lawrence	20	new	83
48	Gerald	19	new	67
49	Marcus	18	new	71
50	Marc	17	new	60

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