Popular baby names in Delaware, 1982

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (170 babies) and Michael for boys (232). Social Security records list 6,884 babies born in Delaware in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1982

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

Girls

Ebony: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Dawn: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kathleen: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Lauren: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kelly: 56 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lindsay: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Christine: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karen: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Shannon: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Keith: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Edward: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donald: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Philip: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vincent: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Douglas: 22 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mark: 66 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ronald: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	170	–	1
2	Jessica	108	–	2
3	Amanda	71	↑5	3
4	Lauren	65	↑9	26
5	Stephanie	65	↑1	7
6	Melissa	59	↓3	5
7	Sarah	58	↑2	4
8	Erin	57	↑7	20
9	Kelly	56	↑10	25
10	Heather	54	↓3	12
11	Nicole	54	↓1	6
12	Amy	52	↓8	10
13	Kimberly	49	↓8	14
14	Laura	49	↑2	22
15	Michelle	49	↑7	11
16	Elizabeth	48	↓5	8
17	Christina	44	↓3	19
18	Rachel	42	↑16	21
19	Angela	40	↑4	16
20	Rebecca	40	↓8	15
21	Tiffany	40	↓4	13
22	Kristen	39	↑6	33
23	Lindsay	37	↑10	39
24	Megan	37	↓4	34
25	Katherine	36	↑12	36
26	Kristin	36	↓8	37
27	Shannon	36	↑4	38
28	Danielle	35	↓1	31
29	Amber	34	↑10	18
30	Crystal	34	↓9	9
31	Lisa	33	↓7	23
32	Andrea	31	↓7	27
33	April	29	↓4	32
34	Christine	29	↓8	46
35	Emily	28	↑5	24
36	Mary	28	↓6	30
37	Sara	28	↑8	28
38	Erica	26	↑3	35
39	Jamie	25	↓7	29
40	Ashley	24	↑7	17
41	Kathleen	23	new	77
42	Julie	20	new	41
43	Kathryn	20	↑1	48
44	Tara	20	↓8	47
45	Dawn	19	↓10	95
46	Patricia	19	new	59
47	Karen	18	↓4	68
48	Samantha	18	new	44
49	Lindsey	17	new	40
50	Melanie	17	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	232	–	1
2	Christopher	158	↑1	2
3	Robert	127	↑5	9
4	James	125	↓2	6
5	John	125	–	8
6	Matthew	124	↓2	3
7	David	116	–	5
8	Jason	104	↓2	4
9	Joseph	101	↑2	11
10	William	91	↓1	15
11	Andrew	71	↑7	17
12	Brian	69	↓2	14
13	Daniel	68	↓1	10
14	Justin	66	↑9	12
15	Mark	66	↑5	32
16	Richard	66	↑6	27
17	Joshua	65	↓1	7
18	Kevin	65	↓5	25
19	Eric	62	–	20
20	Ryan	62	↓6	13
21	Thomas	59	↓6	23
22	Jonathan	58	↓5	16
23	Jeffrey	53	↑2	29
24	Timothy	51	↑7	24
25	Anthony	50	↑1	21
26	Charles	50	↓2	31
27	Stephen	50	–	38
28	Nicholas	49	↑1	22
29	Brandon	44	↓8	18
30	Steven	41	↓2	26
31	Sean	40	↑3	44
32	Adam	39	–	19
33	Gregory	38	↑3	40
34	Scott	36	↑4	34
35	Patrick	35	↑9	37
36	Edward	32	↑4	53
37	Kenneth	32	↑5	45
38	Keith	31	↑1	59
39	Paul	31	↓2	35
40	Donald	29	↑3	58
41	Bryan	26	↑6	49
42	Jeremy	26	↓9	28
43	Kyle	25	new	47
44	Shawn	25	↓9	52
45	Nathan	23	new	36
46	Ronald	23	new	60
47	Aaron	22	↓17	30
48	Benjamin	22	↓2	33
49	Douglas	22	new	68
50	Jesse	22	↓9	43

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