Popular baby names in Delaware, 1983

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (128 babies) and Michael for boys (241). Social Security records list 6,811 babies born in Delaware in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1983

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

Girls

Stacey: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lauren: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Latoya: 16 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Kristin: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Melanie: 16 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Alexis: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelly: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lindsay: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dana: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karen: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Harry: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Carl: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Vincent: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ian: 18 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shawn: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	128	–	1
2	Jessica	106	–	2
3	Ashley	96	↑37	4
4	Amanda	87	↓1	3
5	Heather	71	↑5	9
6	Sarah	70	↑1	5
7	Stephanie	70	↓2	8
8	Melissa	66	↓2	6
9	Lauren	65	↓5	24
10	Elizabeth	58	↑6	10
11	Nicole	57	–	7
12	Christina	55	↑5	16
13	Kimberly	50	–	15
14	Megan	49	↑10	21
15	Amy	46	↓3	12
16	Erin	46	↓8	18
17	Kelly	46	↓8	26
18	Laura	43	↓4	23
19	Amber	41	↑10	17
20	Rebecca	40	–	19
21	Crystal	39	↑9	11
22	Michelle	39	↓7	13
23	Tiffany	39	↓2	14
24	Rachel	37	↓6	20
25	Katherine	36	–	34
26	Andrea	35	↑6	30
27	Angela	34	↓8	22
28	Lindsay	34	↓5	36
29	Lisa	34	↑2	27
30	Erica	33	↑8	33
31	Kristin	33	↓5	42
32	Danielle	30	↓4	29
33	Shannon	30	↓6	38
34	Jamie	28	↑5	28
35	Sara	28	↑2	31
36	Mary	27	–	32
37	Kathryn	24	↑6	50
38	Kristen	22	↓16	37
39	Stacey	21	new	76
40	April	20	↓7	39
41	Lindsey	20	↑8	35
42	Emily	18	↓7	25
43	Courtney	16	new	44
44	Dana	16	new	72
45	Julie	16	↓3	46
46	Latoya	16	new	90
47	Melanie	16	↑3	79
48	Tara	16	↓4	51
49	Alexis	15	new	83
50	Holly	15	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	241	–	1
2	Christopher	166	–	2
3	Matthew	145	↑3	3
4	Robert	139	↓1	10
5	David	133	↑2	4
6	John	118	↓1	9
7	James	112	↓3	6
8	William	108	↑2	16
9	Brian	107	↑3	14
10	Joseph	96	↓1	11
11	Daniel	94	↑2	8
12	Jason	94	↓4	7
13	Joshua	79	↑4	5
14	Kevin	69	↑4	25
15	Justin	64	↓1	12
16	Andrew	63	↓5	15
17	Jonathan	61	↑5	19
18	Jeffrey	58	↑5	28
19	Ryan	58	↑1	13
20	Steven	58	↑10	23
21	Thomas	57	–	24
22	Brandon	54	↑7	17
23	Richard	50	↓7	27
24	Timothy	50	–	26
25	Mark	49	↓10	31
26	Eric	48	↓7	20
27	Anthony	47	↓2	22
28	Adam	46	↑4	18
29	Charles	43	↓3	33
30	Sean	39	↑1	44
31	Stephen	39	↓4	35
32	Aaron	37	↑15	29
33	Kyle	36	↑10	34
34	Gregory	33	↓1	42
35	Patrick	31	–	37
36	Scott	31	↓2	38
37	Nicholas	30	↓9	21
38	Shawn	30	↑6	53
39	Benjamin	28	↑9	32
40	Paul	28	↓1	39
41	Kenneth	26	↓4	45
42	Donald	23	↓2	60
43	Jeremy	23	↓1	30
44	Bryan	22	↓3	47
45	Samuel	21	new	54
46	Keith	20	↓8	61
47	Travis	20	new	41
48	Zachary	20	new	50
49	George	18	new	65
50	Ian	18	new	77

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