Popular baby names in Delaware, 1973

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (182 babies) and Michael for boys (193). Social Security records list 6,063 babies born in Delaware in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1973

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

Girls

Kristin: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Renee: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Ann: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Karen: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dawn: 49 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Michele: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Robin: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Denise: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Heather: 77 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Ralph: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Raymond: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sean: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Edward: 39 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 129 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Thomas: 80 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	182	–	1
2	Amy	93	↑3	2
3	Michelle	86	↑1	3
4	Heather	77	↑7	8
5	Lisa	75	↓2	5
6	Kimberly	72	↓4	4
7	Dawn	49	↓1	21
8	Karen	48	↑4	23
9	Angela	45	↑1	7
10	Rebecca	41	↑13	10
11	Nicole	40	↑2	11
12	Stephanie	40	↓5	9
13	Christine	39	↑1	17
14	Melissa	39	↓5	6
15	Susan	37	↑2	25
16	Laura	35	↑3	19
17	Tammy	35	↑5	15
18	Elizabeth	34	↑2	13
19	Christina	33	↑9	16
20	Mary	30	↓12	14
21	Michele	30	↓3	44
22	Denise	29	↑19	38
23	Kelly	29	↓7	18
24	Julie	27	↑8	12
25	Shannon	25	↑1	22
26	Crystal	24	↑14	48
27	Lori	24	↑8	28
28	Patricia	24	↓4	27
29	Kristin	23	new	78
30	Tara	23	↓5	37
31	Tracy	23	↓10	20
32	Cynthia	22	↓1	26
33	Robin	22	↑4	60
34	Renee	21	new	80
35	Tanya	21	↑3	50
36	Tina	21	↓9	24
37	Catherine	20	new	67
38	Danielle	20	↑9	49
39	Kristen	20	new	58
40	April	19	new	33
41	Deborah	19	↓12	56
42	Donna	19	↓27	55
43	Andrea	18	↓10	30
44	Ann	18	new	93
45	Barbara	18	↓6	63
46	Holly	18	new	54
47	Jessica	18	↑1	34
48	Pamela	18	new	47
49	Stacey	17	new	41
50	Teresa	17	–	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	193	–	1
2	Christopher	154	↑1	2
3	James	139	↑2	4
4	David	129	↑2	5
5	William	129	↑2	9
6	Brian	123	↑2	8
7	Robert	123	↓3	7
8	John	116	↓6	6
9	Jason	82	↑9	3
10	Thomas	80	↑5	19
11	Joseph	74	↓2	12
12	Mark	73	↑4	15
13	Richard	73	↑1	16
14	Matthew	71	↑3	10
15	Daniel	64	↑5	11
16	Eric	58	↓4	13
17	Scott	58	↓6	18
18	Kevin	56	↑4	14
19	Jeffrey	53	↓6	17
20	Charles	50	↓10	23
21	Anthony	48	–	21
22	Steven	43	↓3	20
23	Sean	41	↑9	36
24	Andrew	40	–	29
25	Edward	39	↑6	39
26	Paul	39	↑7	24
27	Shawn	39	↓1	27
28	Timothy	36	↑7	22
29	Kenneth	35	–	28
30	Stephen	33	↓7	32
31	Gregory	31	↓4	26
32	Donald	30	↓2	38
33	Ronald	28	↑1	40
34	Jonathan	27	↓6	31
35	Keith	26	↓10	41
36	Raymond	25	new	60
37	Douglas	24	–	47
38	Joshua	23	new	42
39	Ryan	23	↑2	30
40	George	21	↓2	46
41	Bryan	20	new	43
42	Craig	19	↓6	48
43	Gary	19	↓4	44
44	Patrick	18	new	37
45	Adam	16	–	45
46	Larry	16	↑1	50
47	Peter	16	↓7	52
48	Ralph	16	new	>100
49	Benjamin	15	↓7	55
50	Phillip	15	↓2	71

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