Popular baby names in Delaware, 1980

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (169 babies) and Michael for boys (231). Social Security records list 6,844 babies born in Delaware in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1980

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

Girls

Christine: 42 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lauren: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Karen: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacey: 21 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dawn: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Tanya: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Erin: 56 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kristin: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Susan: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jamie: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
George: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 121 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Shaun: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	169	–	1
2	Jessica	80	↑5	3
3	Melissa	79	↓1	4
4	Amanda	65	↑1	2
5	Heather	65	↓2	6
6	Elizabeth	61	↑8	9
7	Sarah	60	↑18	5
8	Stephanie	60	↑16	13
9	Christina	57	↑2	15
10	Erin	56	↑5	20
11	Lisa	56	↑1	16
12	Michelle	54	↓3	10
13	Kimberly	51	–	11
14	Amy	50	↓6	8
15	Kelly	50	↓5	19
16	Nicole	49	↓12	7
17	Angela	45	↓11	12
18	Tiffany	45	↑15	14
19	Christine	42	↓1	41
20	Rebecca	42	↑8	17
21	Laura	41	↑2	21
22	Lauren	39	↓2	38
23	Crystal	36	↓4	18
24	Danielle	36	↑14	33
25	Kristin	33	new	37
26	Erica	32	↑13	34
27	Mary	32	↑5	25
28	Megan	32	↑1	30
29	Sara	32	↑12	27
30	Shannon	29	↓14	29
31	Jamie	28	↓10	24
32	April	27	↓1	26
33	Rachel	27	new	23
34	Julie	26	↑13	32
35	Karen	25	↓5	54
36	Katherine	25	↓14	35
37	Kristen	25	new	39
38	Amber	23	↓2	22
39	Andrea	23	↓22	28
40	Dawn	21	↓13	67
41	Stacey	21	↓6	74
42	Susan	20	↑3	62
43	Tracy	19	↑6	56
44	Ashley	18	new	40
45	Kathryn	18	new	50
46	Alison	17	–	>100
47	Patricia	17	new	51
48	Tara	17	new	43
49	Samantha	16	new	58
50	Brooke	15	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	231	–	1
2	Jason	145	↑4	3
3	John	142	↑4	8
4	James	138	↓2	5
5	Robert	128	↓2	9
6	Christopher	127	↓2	2
7	William	121	↑1	14
8	Matthew	112	↑1	6
9	David	107	↓4	4
10	Brian	96	–	12
11	Joseph	78	–	10
12	Daniel	76	–	11
13	Kevin	69	↑2	23
14	Andrew	68	↓1	19
15	Jeffrey	64	↓1	27
16	Anthony	61	↑10	24
17	Joshua	57	–	7
18	Timothy	57	↑7	20
19	Eric	55	↑1	16
20	Richard	55	↑1	26
21	Thomas	55	↓3	25
22	Ryan	51	↑1	15
23	Jonathan	50	↑4	21
24	Justin	50	↑8	13
25	Charles	49	↓9	29
26	Mark	49	↓7	30
27	Steven	42	↓5	28
28	Patrick	41	↑6	38
29	Nicholas	40	↓5	17
30	Paul	39	↑1	35
31	Stephen	38	↓3	40
32	Jeremy	37	↑4	18
33	Kenneth	31	↑4	41
34	Adam	29	↓4	22
35	Scott	29	↓6	33
36	Aaron	27	↓3	34
37	Brandon	26	↑10	31
38	George	26	↑1	60
39	Shawn	26	↑2	47
40	Bryan	25	↓2	49
41	Jesse	25	↑4	45
42	Donald	24	↓2	53
43	Gregory	24	↓8	42
44	Sean	24	↓1	48
45	Benjamin	22	↑1	32
46	Keith	22	↓4	56
47	Ronald	20	↑2	58
48	Chad	19	new	39
49	Peter	19	new	55
50	Douglas	18	new	62

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