Popular baby names in Delaware, 1971

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (178 babies) and Michael for boys (275). Social Security records list 7,716 babies born in Delaware in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1971

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

Girls

Crystal: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Victoria: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tanya: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dawn: 76 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Colleen: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Theresa: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Carolyn: 18 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sherry: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Suzanne: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Karen: 63 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Wayne: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Walter: 21 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Christian: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vincent: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	178	–	1
2	Kimberly	104	↑1	4
3	Lisa	102	↑1	3
4	Michelle	93	↓2	2
5	Dawn	76	–	14
6	Amy	73	↑6	5
7	Karen	63	↑6	15
8	Melissa	58	↑7	7
9	Tammy	53	↑7	8
10	Angela	48	↑13	6
11	Heather	48	↑13	12
12	Susan	48	↓1	17
13	Christine	45	↓7	18
14	Mary	45	–	9
15	Tracy	45	↓6	13
16	Nicole	44	↑4	27
17	Kelly	41	↓7	22
18	Elizabeth	40	↓1	19
19	Julie	40	↑13	10
20	Laura	40	↓13	16
21	Stephanie	39	↓3	11
22	Patricia	37	↓14	26
23	Wendy	36	↑23	29
24	Michele	35	↑1	39
25	Cynthia	33	↑4	24
26	Sharon	33	↑1	40
27	Stacy	33	new	32
28	Donna	32	↓7	38
29	Andrea	31	↑9	35
30	Crystal	30	new	79
31	Lori	30	↑4	25
32	Sandra	29	↑4	31
33	Tanya	29	new	72
34	Tina	29	↓15	20
35	Denise	28	↓7	36
36	Pamela	28	↓10	28
37	Shannon	27	↓7	21
38	Theresa	27	↑2	61
39	Deborah	26	↓17	33
40	Sherry	26	new	60
41	Tara	26	↑2	49
42	Christina	25	↓8	30
43	Victoria	25	new	97
44	Dana	24	new	44
45	Rebecca	23	new	23
46	Catherine	22	↑2	65
47	Jessica	22	new	64
48	Katherine	22	new	67
49	Sarah	22	new	58
50	Teresa	21	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	275	–	1
2	John	194	–	4
3	David	186	↑2	3
4	James	175	–	2
5	Robert	166	↓2	5
6	William	130	–	7
7	Brian	123	↑6	9
8	Christopher	122	↓1	6
9	Joseph	93	↓1	15
10	Thomas	92	↑2	17
11	Richard	85	↓1	11
12	Scott	81	↑8	10
13	Jeffrey	79	↓2	12
14	Steven	79	↑7	16
15	Matthew	78	↑1	19
16	Charles	76	↓1	22
17	Eric	76	↑6	18
18	Mark	73	↓9	13
19	Daniel	71	↓1	20
20	Kevin	63	↓6	14
21	Timothy	57	↑4	21
22	Jason	56	↑15	8
23	Edward	49	↑4	32
24	Gregory	49	↑4	26
25	Paul	48	↓1	24
26	Stephen	46	↓9	27
27	Sean	45	↑8	36
28	Ronald	43	↑1	31
29	Keith	41	↑1	37
30	Shawn	41	↑4	28
31	Jonathan	40	↑15	40
32	Anthony	39	↓13	23
33	Kenneth	34	↓2	25
34	Andrew	33	↓8	33
35	Donald	32	↓13	34
36	Wayne	31	↑2	92
37	George	29	↓5	42
38	Douglas	28	↑1	39
39	Aaron	26	new	41
40	Patrick	26	↓7	35
41	Peter	26	new	47
42	Gary	25	↑2	38
43	Raymond	25	↓2	52
44	Todd	23	↓1	30
45	Bryan	22	new	48
46	Adam	21	new	57
47	Walter	21	new	91
48	Carl	19	new	72
49	Craig	18	↓13	43
50	Frank	17	new	54

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