Popular baby names in Delaware, 1984

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1984 were Jennifer for girls (148 babies) and Michael for boys (213). Social Security records list 6,939 babies born in Delaware in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1984

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

Girls

Dawn: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Colleen: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Alexis: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lauren: 77 babies, 3× the national rate
Kristin: 35 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Christine: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Stacey: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Danielle: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kristen: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Philip: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gary: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
John: 145 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Charles: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jennifer	148	–	1
2	Jessica	122	–	2
3	Ashley	117	–	3
4	Amanda	94	–	4
5	Lauren	77	↑4	21
6	Stephanie	75	↑1	6
7	Nicole	69	↑4	7
8	Danielle	62	↑24	16
9	Heather	60	↓4	9
10	Megan	59	↑4	11
11	Melissa	55	↓3	8
12	Sarah	54	↓6	5
13	Amber	46	↑6	18
14	Kimberly	46	↓1	22
15	Elizabeth	45	↓5	10
16	Laura	45	↑2	19
17	Kelly	42	–	27
18	Erin	40	↓2	25
19	Rachel	40	↑5	15
20	Christina	39	↓8	20
21	Michelle	38	↑1	17
22	Tiffany	38	↑1	14
23	Amy	36	↓8	13
24	Jamie	36	↑10	31
25	Christine	35	new	43
26	Kristin	35	↑5	47
27	Kristen	34	↑11	38
28	Lisa	33	↑1	29
29	Lindsay	32	↓1	36
30	Rebecca	31	↓10	23
31	Crystal	30	↓10	12
32	Katherine	30	↓7	30
33	Shannon	30	–	37
34	Angela	29	↓7	26
35	Kathryn	25	↑2	48
36	Meghan	25	new	65
37	Tara	25	↑11	49
38	Erica	24	↓8	34
39	Mary	24	↓3	33
40	Sara	24	↓5	32
41	Courtney	22	↑2	46
42	Jenna	22	new	54
43	Emily	21	↓1	24
44	Katie	20	new	44
45	Alexis	19	↑4	89
46	Alicia	19	new	40
47	Julie	18	↓2	52
48	Samantha	18	new	39
49	Stacy	18	new	67
50	Andrea	17	↓24	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	213	–	1
2	Matthew	184	↑1	3
3	Christopher	170	↓1	2
4	John	145	↑2	8
5	David	124	–	5
6	Joshua	99	↑7	4
7	Robert	96	↓3	9
8	William	96	–	16
9	James	94	↓2	7
10	Joseph	94	–	10
11	Andrew	92	↑5	14
12	Brian	91	↓3	17
13	Daniel	90	↓2	6
14	Jason	87	↓2	11
15	Eric	79	↑11	22
16	Ryan	76	↑3	12
17	Anthony	63	↑10	21
18	Richard	62	↑5	27
19	Charles	57	↑10	33
20	Jonathan	57	↓3	19
21	Justin	57	↓6	13
22	Kevin	56	↓8	24
23	Thomas	56	↓2	25
24	Adam	55	↑4	18
25	Brandon	54	↓3	15
26	Jeffrey	50	↓8	28
27	Mark	50	↓2	32
28	Timothy	49	↓4	26
29	Nicholas	48	↑8	20
30	Sean	43	–	43
31	Patrick	42	↑4	36
32	Steven	41	↓12	23
33	Stephen	40	↓2	35
34	Paul	37	↑6	40
35	Gregory	35	↓1	44
36	Bryan	31	↑8	48
37	Zachary	31	↑11	45
38	Shawn	27	–	56
39	Benjamin	26	–	30
40	Kenneth	26	↑1	46
41	Aaron	24	↓9	29
42	Jeremy	24	↑1	31
43	Scott	24	↓7	39
44	Kyle	23	↓11	34
45	Gary	20	new	76
46	Keith	20	–	61
47	Samuel	20	↓2	55
48	Dustin	19	new	41
49	George	19	–	68
50	Nathan	19	new	38

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