Popular baby names in Delaware, 1975

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (151 babies) and Michael for boys (196). Social Security records list 6,020 babies born in Delaware in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1975

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

Girls

Megan: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Christine: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Robin: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Catherine: 19 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kristin: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Renee: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donna: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Susan: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jill: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Pamela: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Wayne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ronald: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Edward: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donald: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	151	–	1
2	Amy	87	–	2
3	Kimberly	73	↑2	7
4	Heather	71	↓1	3
5	Melissa	64	↑1	4
6	Michelle	60	↓2	6
7	Angela	58	↑7	5
8	Nicole	51	↓1	10
9	Christine	47	↑8	22
10	Rebecca	46	↑16	11
11	Lisa	44	↓3	8
12	Stephanie	43	↓3	9
13	Mary	42	↓2	19
14	Christina	40	↑1	12
15	Dawn	35	↓3	23
16	Kelly	32	↓6	16
17	Susan	32	↓1	32
18	Jessica	31	↑11	13
19	April	30	↑14	25
20	Elizabeth	30	↓2	15
21	Karen	30	↓8	27
22	Amanda	29	new	14
23	Laura	28	–	20
24	Andrea	27	–	28
25	Carrie	26	new	29
26	Cynthia	25	new	40
27	Jill	25	new	46
28	Sarah	25	↑12	17
29	Wendy	25	↑8	33
30	Megan	24	new	69
31	Tracy	24	↓11	24
32	Danielle	23	↑2	42
33	Julie	22	↑11	18
34	Robin	22	↑5	65
35	Shannon	21	↓13	21
36	Stacy	21	↑12	34
37	Tara	21	↓5	41
38	Melanie	20	new	52
39	Tina	20	↑3	35
40	Catherine	19	new	73
41	Erin	19	↓10	38
42	Katherine	19	↓7	58
43	Kristen	19	↓7	60
44	Stacey	19	↓16	44
45	Tammy	19	↓26	31
46	Kristin	18	↓3	74
47	Pamela	18	new	70
48	Patricia	18	↓18	36
49	Dana	16	↓4	62
50	Rachel	16	new	26

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	196	–	1
2	Christopher	134	↑1	3
3	James	134	↑1	4
4	David	131	↑1	5
5	Robert	122	↑2	6
6	John	115	↓4	7
7	William	98	↑1	10
8	Brian	92	↓2	8
9	Jason	91	–	2
10	Matthew	86	–	9
11	Joseph	78	↑4	12
12	Daniel	72	↓1	11
13	Mark	67	↓1	19
14	Eric	64	–	13
15	Thomas	61	↑3	20
16	Kevin	60	–	15
17	Richard	59	↑3	16
18	Jeffrey	56	↓1	14
19	Charles	50	↓6	25
20	Anthony	49	↑1	21
21	Andrew	45	↑6	28
22	Timothy	43	↓3	22
23	Gregory	39	↑6	33
24	Scott	38	↓1	17
25	Shawn	38	↑5	31
26	Edward	37	–	41
27	Ronald	37	↑10	46
28	Steven	35	↓6	18
29	Donald	34	↑3	42
30	Joshua	34	↑12	26
31	Benjamin	32	↑9	36
32	Jonathan	32	↓1	30
33	Kenneth	31	–	35
34	Paul	30	↓6	29
35	Stephen	28	↓11	34
36	Gary	25	↑14	50
37	Keith	24	↓1	49
38	Aaron	21	↑1	32
39	Ryan	20	↑5	23
40	Todd	20	↓2	43
41	George	19	↓7	53
42	Patrick	19	new	39
43	Bryan	18	↓2	47
44	Jeremy	18	new	24
45	Frank	17	new	66
46	Larry	17	new	56
47	Nathan	17	new	45
48	Sean	17	↓23	40
49	Jamie	16	new	62
50	Raymond	16	new	63

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