Popular baby names in Delaware, 1976

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (173 babies) and Michael for boys (220). Social Security records list 5,854 babies born in Delaware in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1976

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: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stacey: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Catherine: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sharon: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Deborah: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kristen: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Pamela: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Denise: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erin: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nicole: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Philip: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Stephen: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Samuel: 21 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	173	–	1
2	Amy	92	–	2
3	Heather	68	↑1	4
4	Kimberly	68	↓1	7
5	Melissa	62	–	3
6	Michelle	56	–	6
7	Nicole	55	↑1	13
8	Christina	53	↑6	14
9	Angela	50	↓2	5
10	Kelly	46	↑6	19
11	Stephanie	46	↑1	11
12	Lisa	45	↓1	9
13	Amanda	41	↑9	10
14	Laura	41	↑9	20
15	Shannon	41	↑20	17
16	Elizabeth	39	↑4	16
17	Jessica	39	↑1	8
18	Mary	39	↓5	22
19	Erin	34	↑22	24
20	Rebecca	32	↓10	12
21	Stacey	29	↑23	51
22	Andrea	28	↑2	25
23	Jaime	26	new	29
24	Danielle	25	↑8	33
25	Kristin	25	↑21	74
26	Dawn	24	↓11	35
27	Cynthia	23	↓1	44
28	Jamie	23	new	18
29	Karen	23	↓8	31
30	Tara	23	↑7	42
31	Sarah	22	↓3	15
32	April	21	↓13	30
33	Carrie	21	↓8	28
34	Julie	20	↓1	21
35	Susan	20	↓18	40
36	Catherine	19	↑4	72
37	Christine	19	↓28	26
38	Crystal	19	new	36
39	Lori	19	new	47
40	Wendy	18	↓11	39
41	Denise	17	new	69
42	Erica	17	new	54
43	Katherine	17	↓1	57
44	Kristen	17	↓1	73
45	Leslie	17	new	65
46	Megan	17	↓16	62
47	Sharon	17	new	81
48	Stacy	17	↓12	38
49	Michele	16	new	63
50	Tina	16	↓11	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	220	–	1
2	Christopher	147	–	3
3	John	124	↑3	6
4	David	121	–	4
5	Jason	118	↑4	2
6	James	117	↓3	5
7	Robert	114	↓2	7
8	Brian	99	–	8
9	William	81	↓2	11
10	Matthew	78	–	9
11	Daniel	75	↑1	10
12	Mark	62	↑1	25
13	Kevin	61	↑3	15
14	Thomas	59	↑1	23
15	Joseph	58	↓4	12
16	Charles	55	↑3	26
17	Richard	55	–	19
18	Eric	52	↓4	13
19	Jeffrey	49	↓1	17
20	Anthony	47	–	22
21	Stephen	46	↑14	37
22	Andrew	41	↓1	27
23	Steven	41	↑5	20
24	Scott	38	–	24
25	Timothy	38	↓3	21
26	Shawn	37	↓1	34
27	Ryan	36	↑12	16
28	Gregory	35	↓5	35
29	Paul	35	↑5	28
30	Joshua	33	–	18
31	Jonathan	32	↑1	31
32	Kenneth	32	↑1	38
33	Aaron	29	↑5	30
34	Bryan	28	↑9	43
35	Edward	28	↓9	45
36	Keith	26	↑1	48
37	Ronald	26	↓10	49
38	Jeremy	25	↑6	14
39	Sean	24	↑9	42
40	Benjamin	21	↓9	32
41	George	21	–	53
42	Samuel	21	new	59
43	Adam	20	new	36
44	Donald	20	↓15	47
45	Gary	20	↓9	52
46	Chad	17	new	29
47	Raymond	17	↑3	65
48	Peter	16	new	54
49	Craig	15	new	61
50	Philip	15	new	89

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