Popular baby names in Delaware, 1981

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (162 babies) and Michael for boys (268). Social Security records list 6,798 babies born in Delaware in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1981

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

Girls

Jaime: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Dawn: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lauren: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Barbara: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Stacey: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Megan: 43 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Christine: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lindsay: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dana: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jill: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Vincent: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Keith: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donald: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 32 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edward: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brett: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gary: 21 babies, 2× the national rate
Larry: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	162	–	1
2	Jessica	87	–	2
3	Melissa	84	–	5
4	Amy	68	↑10	6
5	Kimberly	68	↑8	13
6	Stephanie	68	↑2	8
7	Heather	67	↓2	10
8	Amanda	66	↓4	3
9	Sarah	62	↓2	4
10	Nicole	59	↑6	7
11	Elizabeth	58	↓5	9
12	Rebecca	54	↑8	12
13	Lauren	53	↑9	35
14	Christina	50	↓5	17
15	Erin	49	↓5	19
16	Laura	47	↑5	21
17	Tiffany	45	↑1	14
18	Kristin	44	↑7	31
19	Kelly	43	↓4	23
20	Megan	43	↑8	33
21	Crystal	41	↑2	16
22	Michelle	39	↓10	11
23	Angela	38	↓6	15
24	Lisa	35	↓13	18
25	Andrea	34	↑14	24
26	Christine	33	↓7	42
27	Danielle	33	↓3	30
28	Kristen	33	↑9	38
29	April	31	↑3	25
30	Mary	30	↓3	27
31	Shannon	29	↓1	32
32	Jamie	28	↓1	28
33	Lindsay	28	new	47
34	Rachel	27	↓1	22
35	Dawn	25	↑5	79
36	Tara	25	↑12	45
37	Katherine	23	↓1	39
38	Courtney	22	new	43
39	Amber	21	↓1	20
40	Emily	21	new	29
41	Erica	21	↓15	36
42	Dana	20	new	70
43	Karen	20	↓8	64
44	Kathryn	20	↑1	48
45	Sara	20	↓16	26
46	Stacey	20	↓5	83
47	Ashley	19	↓3	34
48	Carrie	18	new	55
49	Jill	18	new	78
50	Allison	17	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	268	–	1
2	James	140	↑2	7
3	Christopher	136	↑3	2
4	Matthew	136	↑4	3
5	John	122	↓2	8
6	Jason	120	↓4	4
7	David	111	↑2	5
8	Robert	107	↓3	9
9	William	103	↓2	15
10	Brian	101	–	14
11	Joseph	95	–	11
12	Daniel	72	–	10
13	Kevin	69	–	25
14	Ryan	63	↑8	13
15	Thomas	63	↑6	26
16	Joshua	59	↑1	6
17	Jonathan	56	↑6	16
18	Andrew	54	↓4	18
19	Eric	53	–	17
20	Mark	53	↑6	33
21	Brandon	51	↑16	19
22	Richard	50	↓2	27
23	Justin	48	↑1	12
24	Charles	47	↑1	31
25	Jeffrey	47	↓10	29
26	Anthony	46	↓10	23
27	Stephen	46	↑4	39
28	Steven	46	↓1	28
29	Nicholas	43	–	21
30	Aaron	42	↑6	30
31	Timothy	39	↓13	24
32	Adam	35	↑2	20
33	Jeremy	35	↓1	22
34	Sean	34	↑10	44
35	Shawn	32	↑4	49
36	Gregory	31	↑7	46
37	Paul	31	↓7	35
38	Scott	31	↓3	34
39	Keith	30	↑7	58
40	Edward	29	new	51
41	Jesse	29	–	37
42	Kenneth	29	↓9	41
43	Donald	28	↓1	56
44	Patrick	27	↓16	38
45	Gary	21	new	62
46	Benjamin	19	↓1	32
47	Bryan	19	↓7	48
48	George	19	↓10	61
49	Samuel	19	new	54
50	Brett	17	new	79

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