Popular baby names in Delaware, 1978

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (170 babies) and Michael for boys (204). Social Security records list 6,335 babies born in Delaware in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1978

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

Girls

Carolyn: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Beth: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Alison: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Katie: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lauren: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Jill: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Katherine: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Megan: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jaime: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Ronald: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
George: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Thomas: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Stephen: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	170	–	1
2	Kelly	80	↑4	12
3	Melissa	76	↑1	2
4	Heather	72	↓2	5
5	Michelle	67	–	9
6	Kimberly	63	↑1	13
7	Elizabeth	58	↑10	14
8	Jessica	57	↑2	3
9	Angela	54	–	7
10	Nicole	54	↓2	10
11	Christina	53	↑7	15
12	Lisa	47	↑4	11
13	Amy	46	↓10	4
14	Erin	44	–	21
15	Laura	41	↑10	19
16	Sarah	39	↑4	8
17	Stephanie	39	↓5	16
18	Amanda	37	↓7	6
19	Crystal	37	↑7	18
20	Shannon	35	↓5	22
21	Mary	34	↑9	24
22	Rebecca	32	↓9	17
23	Christine	30	↓1	29
24	Katherine	30	↑24	38
25	Danielle	29	↓6	31
26	Jamie	28	↓2	20
27	Jill	28	↑15	46
28	Megan	27	–	41
29	Andrea	26	↓6	23
30	Karen	23	↓3	39
31	April	22	↑8	27
32	Susan	22	↑1	49
33	Tina	22	↑5	45
34	Julie	21	↓5	26
35	Stacey	21	↑10	53
36	Tiffany	21	↓1	32
37	Lauren	20	↓6	80
38	Rachel	20	new	25
39	Stacy	20	new	44
40	Kathryn	19	↓3	57
41	Katie	19	new	90
42	Beth	18	new	>100
43	Dawn	18	↓22	52
44	Holly	18	new	55
45	Jaime	18	↓9	70
46	Kristen	18	↑4	62
47	Tara	18	↓6	40
48	Carrie	17	↓8	35
49	Tracy	17	new	47
50	Carolyn	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	204	–	1
2	Christopher	140	↑2	3
3	John	133	–	7
4	Robert	124	↑1	8
5	James	123	↑1	5
6	David	122	↑1	4
7	Matthew	114	↑2	6
8	Jason	111	↓6	2
9	Brian	99	↓1	9
10	William	91	–	13
11	Joseph	83	–	10
12	Thomas	75	↑4	23
13	Kevin	65	↑2	15
14	Jeffrey	62	–	19
15	Daniel	61	↓2	11
16	Andrew	59	↑4	22
17	Anthony	52	↑16	20
18	Eric	52	↑1	16
19	Steven	52	↑4	24
20	Timothy	52	↓3	17
21	Richard	51	↓3	21
22	Charles	49	↓10	27
23	Nicholas	49	new	25
24	Stephen	45	↑5	37
25	Paul	41	↑5	33
26	Mark	39	↓5	26
27	Jeremy	38	↑4	18
28	Adam	37	↑10	29
29	Joshua	36	↓4	12
30	Ronald	36	↑7	55
31	Scott	32	↑4	30
32	George	30	↑2	58
33	Ryan	30	↓11	14
34	Sean	29	↑12	45
35	Shawn	29	↓9	39
36	Gregory	28	↓9	38
37	Edward	26	↑2	47
38	Jonathan	25	↓14	31
39	Benjamin	24	↑4	34
40	Donald	24	–	48
41	Keith	24	–	49
42	Kenneth	23	↓14	41
43	Aaron	20	↓11	32
44	Patrick	20	new	42
45	Peter	20	↓3	54
46	Phillip	18	new	67
47	Craig	17	↓3	66
48	Douglas	17	↓1	59
49	Francis	17	new	>100
50	Gary	17	new	60

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