Popular baby names in Delaware, 1979

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (167 babies) and Michael for boys (231). Social Security records list 6,471 babies born in Delaware in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1979

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

Girls

Ann: 20 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Michele: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Lauren: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dawn: 28 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Alison: 17 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dana: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Margaret: 16 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Christine: 38 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Stacey: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Katherine: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Wayne: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Bruce: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
George: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
William: 113 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	167	–	1
2	Melissa	85	↑1	2
3	Heather	61	↑1	7
4	Nicole	56	↑6	9
5	Amanda	54	↑13	3
6	Angela	53	↑3	8
7	Jessica	52	↑1	4
8	Amy	51	↑5	5
9	Michelle	49	↓4	10
10	Kelly	48	↓8	16
11	Christina	47	–	14
12	Lisa	47	–	13
13	Kimberly	45	↓7	12
14	Elizabeth	42	↓7	11
15	Erin	42	↓1	21
16	Shannon	40	↑4	25
17	Andrea	39	↑12	26
18	Christine	38	↑5	35
19	Crystal	37	–	18
20	Lauren	37	↑17	45
21	Jamie	36	↑5	19
22	Katherine	35	↑2	36
23	Laura	34	↓8	20
24	Stephanie	34	↓7	15
25	Sarah	29	↓9	6
26	Dana	28	new	54
27	Dawn	28	↑16	57
28	Rebecca	28	↓6	17
29	Megan	27	↓1	31
30	Karen	26	–	46
31	April	24	–	23
32	Mary	24	↓11	24
33	Tiffany	24	↑3	28
34	Holly	23	↑10	48
35	Stacey	23	–	60
36	Amber	20	new	22
37	Ann	20	new	>100
38	Danielle	20	↓13	33
39	Erica	20	new	32
40	Michele	20	new	>100
41	Sara	20	new	30
42	Allison	19	new	70
43	Carrie	19	↑5	41
44	Katie	19	↓3	63
45	Susan	19	↓13	51
46	Alison	17	new	>100
47	Julie	17	↓13	29
48	Melanie	17	new	53
49	Tracy	17	–	49
50	Emily	16	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	231	–	1
2	James	133	↑3	5
3	Robert	133	↑1	8
4	Christopher	126	↓2	2
5	David	123	↑1	4
6	Jason	116	↑2	3
7	John	116	↓4	7
8	William	113	↑2	13
9	Matthew	97	↓2	6
10	Brian	95	↓1	10
11	Joseph	80	–	11
12	Daniel	74	↑3	12
13	Andrew	69	↑3	20
14	Jeffrey	61	–	24
15	Kevin	61	↓2	19
16	Charles	59	↑6	28
17	Joshua	57	↑12	9
18	Thomas	56	↓6	26
19	Mark	54	↑7	30
20	Eric	53	↓2	17
21	Richard	53	–	25
22	Steven	53	↓3	27
23	Ryan	50	↑10	14
24	Nicholas	49	↓1	15
25	Timothy	49	↓5	18
26	Anthony	45	↓9	21
27	Jonathan	45	↑11	31
28	Stephen	42	↓4	40
29	Scott	41	↑2	29
30	Adam	40	↓2	23
31	Paul	39	↓6	34
32	Justin	38	new	22
33	Aaron	34	↑10	32
34	Patrick	29	↑10	39
35	Gregory	28	↑1	42
36	Jeremy	26	↓9	16
37	Kenneth	26	↑5	41
38	Bryan	25	new	46
39	George	25	↓7	57
40	Donald	23	–	51
41	Shawn	23	↓6	43
42	Keith	22	↓1	52
43	Sean	22	↓9	49
44	Gary	20	↑6	59
45	Jesse	20	new	50
46	Benjamin	19	↓7	33
47	Brandon	19	new	35
48	Edward	19	↓11	48
49	Ronald	19	↓19	54
50	Wayne	17	new	>100

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