Popular baby names in Delaware, 1972

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (191 babies) and Michael for boys (191). Social Security records list 6,748 babies born in Delaware in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1972

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

Girls

Donna: 41 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Dawn: 64 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tracey: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carol: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Michele: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Theresa: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erin: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Deborah: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sharon: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Karen: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bruce: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Marc: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	191	–	1
2	Kimberly	84	–	4
3	Lisa	78	–	3
4	Michelle	78	–	2
5	Amy	75	↑1	5
6	Dawn	64	↓1	20
7	Stephanie	62	↑14	8
8	Mary	54	↑6	13
9	Melissa	52	↓1	7
10	Angela	48	–	6
11	Heather	48	–	9
12	Karen	48	↓5	21
13	Nicole	45	↑3	10
14	Christine	43	↓1	16
15	Donna	41	↑13	45
16	Kelly	40	↑1	23
17	Susan	40	↓5	24
18	Michele	36	↑6	36
19	Laura	35	↑1	17
20	Elizabeth	34	↓2	15
21	Tracy	34	↓6	19
22	Tammy	33	↓13	11
23	Rebecca	32	↑22	14
24	Patricia	31	↓2	27
25	Tara	31	↑16	38
26	Shannon	30	↑11	22
27	Tina	30	↑7	18
28	Christina	28	↑14	26
29	Deborah	28	↑10	43
30	Sharon	27	↓4	50
31	Cynthia	26	↓6	25
32	Julie	25	↓13	12
33	Andrea	24	↓4	30
34	Wendy	24	↓11	29
35	Lori	23	↓4	28
36	Theresa	22	↑2	68
37	Robin	21	new	55
38	Tanya	21	↓5	54
39	Barbara	19	new	58
40	Crystal	19	↓10	59
41	Denise	19	↓6	35
42	Stacy	19	↓15	33
43	Kathleen	18	new	57
44	Paula	18	new	72
45	Tonya	18	new	37
46	Dana	17	↓2	52
47	Danielle	17	new	73
48	Jessica	17	↓1	46
49	Sarah	17	–	49
50	Teresa	17	–	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	191	–	1
2	John	177	–	5
3	Christopher	155	↑5	2
4	Robert	154	↑1	6
5	James	152	↓1	3
6	David	143	↓3	4
7	William	137	↓1	9
8	Brian	129	↓1	8
9	Joseph	80	–	12
10	Charles	75	↑6	23
11	Scott	74	↑1	11
12	Eric	71	↑5	16
13	Jeffrey	70	–	17
14	Richard	70	↓3	14
15	Thomas	70	↓5	20
16	Mark	66	↑2	18
17	Matthew	65	↓2	10
18	Jason	63	↑4	7
19	Steven	60	↓5	19
20	Daniel	56	↓1	15
21	Anthony	50	↑11	22
22	Kevin	50	↓2	13
23	Stephen	47	↑3	29
24	Andrew	45	↑10	30
25	Keith	39	↑4	38
26	Shawn	39	↑4	28
27	Gregory	38	↓3	26
28	Jonathan	38	↑3	37
29	Kenneth	38	↑4	27
30	Donald	37	↑5	36
31	Edward	35	↓8	34
32	Sean	34	↓5	33
33	Paul	32	↓8	24
34	Ronald	31	↓6	32
35	Timothy	30	↓14	21
36	Craig	25	↑13	46
37	Douglas	25	↑1	43
38	George	25	↓1	44
39	Gary	23	↑3	41
40	Peter	20	↑1	48
41	Ryan	19	new	39
42	Benjamin	17	new	64
43	Chad	17	new	25
44	Marc	17	new	83
45	Adam	16	↑1	51
46	Dennis	16	new	52
47	Larry	16	new	47
48	Phillip	16	new	75
49	Shane	16	new	55
50	Bruce	15	new	>100

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