Popular baby names in Delaware, 1977

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (171 babies) and Michael for boys (217). Social Security records list 6,184 babies born in Delaware in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1977

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

Girls

Lauren: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alison: 17 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Dawn: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Megan: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kathryn: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Teresa: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Michele: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Danielle: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lori: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sandra: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

George: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ronald: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 65 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Craig: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	171	–	1
2	Heather	73	↑1	5
3	Amy	70	↓1	3
4	Melissa	70	↑1	2
5	Michelle	66	↑1	7
6	Kelly	64	↑4	10
7	Kimberly	58	↓3	8
8	Nicole	56	↓1	15
9	Angela	53	–	6
10	Jessica	50	↑7	4
11	Amanda	49	↑2	9
12	Stephanie	48	↓1	14
13	Rebecca	47	↑7	17
14	Erin	43	↑5	23
15	Shannon	43	–	19
16	Lisa	41	↓4	12
17	Elizabeth	39	↓1	13
18	Christina	36	↓10	16
19	Danielle	35	↑5	31
20	Sarah	35	↑11	11
21	Dawn	34	↑5	43
22	Christine	32	↑15	30
23	Andrea	31	↓1	24
24	Jamie	31	↑4	18
25	Laura	30	↓11	20
26	Crystal	29	↑12	25
27	Karen	29	↑2	32
28	Megan	28	↑18	54
29	Julie	25	↑5	22
30	Mary	23	↓12	21
31	Lauren	22	new	>100
32	Lori	22	↑7	57
33	Susan	22	↑2	45
34	Tammy	22	new	55
35	Tiffany	22	new	34
36	Jaime	21	↓13	46
37	Kathryn	21	new	70
38	Tina	21	↑12	58
39	April	20	↓7	29
40	Carrie	20	↓7	28
41	Tara	20	↓11	35
42	Jill	19	new	41
43	Michele	19	↑6	77
44	Sandra	19	new	61
45	Stacey	19	↓24	56
46	Teresa	19	new	79
47	Alison	17	new	>100
48	Katherine	17	↓5	44
49	Sara	17	new	27
50	Kristen	16	↓6	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	217	–	1
2	Jason	144	↑3	2
3	John	137	–	7
4	Christopher	124	↓2	3
5	Robert	119	↑2	6
6	James	118	–	5
7	David	114	↓3	4
8	Brian	108	–	8
9	Matthew	100	↑1	9
10	William	94	↓1	12
11	Joseph	81	↑4	10
12	Charles	65	↑4	26
13	Daniel	63	↓2	11
14	Jeffrey	63	↑5	19
15	Kevin	63	↓2	13
16	Thomas	61	↓2	22
17	Timothy	56	↑8	18
18	Richard	55	↓1	20
19	Eric	49	↓1	17
20	Andrew	46	↑2	24
21	Mark	45	↓9	25
22	Ryan	41	↑5	16
23	Steven	39	–	23
24	Jonathan	37	↑7	28
25	Joshua	36	↑5	14
26	Shawn	36	–	37
27	Gregory	34	↑1	35
28	Kenneth	34	↑4	39
29	Stephen	33	↓8	38
30	Paul	32	↓1	31
31	Jeremy	30	↑7	15
32	Aaron	29	↑1	32
33	Anthony	29	↓13	21
34	George	29	↑7	57
35	Scott	29	↓11	27
36	Bryan	27	↓2	42
37	Ronald	27	–	53
38	Adam	26	↑5	33
39	Edward	26	↓4	47
40	Donald	24	↑4	46
41	Keith	23	↓5	48
42	Peter	23	↑6	55
43	Benjamin	20	↓3	29
44	Craig	20	↑5	64
45	Samuel	19	↓3	60
46	Sean	19	↓7	43
47	Douglas	18	new	59
48	Todd	17	new	50
49	Chad	16	↓3	34
50	Frank	16	new	71

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