Popular baby names in Delaware, 1974

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (207 babies) and Michael for boys (178). Social Security records list 6,112 babies born in Delaware in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1974

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, 2.9× the national rate
Denise: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Katherine: 23 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dawn: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stacey: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Robin: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kristin: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Theresa: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Carl: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sean: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Edward: 40 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dennis: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
George: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
William: 118 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	207	–	1
2	Amy	81	–	2
3	Heather	79	↑1	4
4	Michelle	75	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	58	↑1	6
6	Melissa	56	↑8	7
7	Nicole	52	↑4	11
8	Lisa	51	↓3	8
9	Stephanie	51	↑3	9
10	Kelly	50	↑13	15
11	Mary	44	↑9	13
12	Dawn	43	↓5	22
13	Karen	39	↓5	26
14	Angela	36	↓5	5
15	Christina	36	↑4	16
16	Susan	33	↓1	27
17	Christine	32	↓4	19
18	Elizabeth	32	–	12
19	Tammy	32	↓2	24
20	Tracy	32	↑11	23
21	Crystal	30	↑5	49
22	Shannon	30	↑3	18
23	Laura	29	↓7	21
24	Andrea	28	↑19	35
25	Denise	28	↓3	53
26	Rebecca	27	↓16	10
27	Lori	26	–	30
28	Stacey	26	↑21	48
29	Jessica	25	↑18	17
30	Patricia	25	↓2	29
31	Erin	24	new	47
32	Tara	24	↓2	39
33	April	23	↑7	28
34	Danielle	23	↑4	40
35	Katherine	23	new	62
36	Kristen	23	↑3	45
37	Wendy	22	new	32
38	Michele	21	↓17	50
39	Robin	20	↓6	63
40	Sarah	20	new	20
41	Tanya	20	↓6	46
42	Tina	20	↓6	25
43	Kristin	19	↓14	72
44	Julie	18	↓20	14
45	Dana	17	new	55
46	Monica	17	new	43
47	Sandra	17	new	44
48	Stacy	17	new	38
49	Theresa	17	new	79
50	Holly	16	↓4	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	178	–	1
2	John	147	↑6	6
3	Christopher	145	↓1	3
4	James	131	↓1	5
5	David	128	↓1	4
6	Brian	126	–	8
7	Robert	120	–	7
8	William	118	↓3	10
9	Jason	93	–	2
10	Matthew	70	↑4	9
11	Daniel	69	↑4	11
12	Mark	60	–	16
13	Charles	55	↑7	23
14	Eric	55	↑2	13
15	Joseph	55	↓4	12
16	Kevin	55	↑2	14
17	Jeffrey	54	↑2	15
18	Thomas	53	↓8	20
19	Timothy	53	↑9	22
20	Richard	51	↓7	17
21	Anthony	49	–	21
22	Steven	44	–	19
23	Scott	43	↓6	18
24	Stephen	43	↑6	35
25	Sean	42	↓2	37
26	Edward	40	↓1	40
27	Andrew	37	↓3	28
28	Paul	37	↓2	27
29	Gregory	35	↑2	31
30	Shawn	35	↓3	30
31	Jonathan	34	↑3	33
32	Donald	31	–	41
33	Kenneth	31	↓4	34
34	George	29	↑6	49
35	Dennis	24	new	59
36	Keith	24	↓1	44
37	Ronald	24	↓4	42
38	Todd	20	new	39
39	Aaron	19	new	32
40	Benjamin	19	↑9	46
41	Bryan	19	–	45
42	Joshua	19	↓4	29
43	Adam	17	↑2	36
44	Ryan	17	↓5	25
45	Carl	16	new	89
46	Douglas	16	↓9	53
47	Peter	16	–	50
48	Phillip	16	↑2	70
49	Samuel	16	new	60
50	Gary	15	↓7	48

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