Popular baby names in Delaware, 1985

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1985 were Jessica for girls (128 babies) and Michael for boys (212). Social Security records list 7,084 babies born in Delaware in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1985

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

Girls

Lauren: 89 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julia: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alison: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christine: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kathleen: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Meghan: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kristen: 34 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Caitlin: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kelly: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Julie: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Raymond: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	128	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	127	↓1	3
3	Ashley	121	–	2
4	Amanda	114	–	4
5	Lauren	89	–	15
6	Stephanie	78	–	6
7	Nicole	65	–	7
8	Sarah	63	↑4	5
9	Heather	60	–	8
10	Megan	56	–	10
11	Kimberly	53	↑3	19
12	Danielle	51	↓4	18
13	Laura	50	↑3	14
14	Amber	49	↓1	16
15	Christina	48	↑5	12
16	Kelly	44	↑1	28
17	Christine	41	↑8	44
18	Erin	41	–	26
19	Melissa	41	↓8	11
20	Rachel	41	↓1	13
21	Rebecca	40	↑9	25
22	Amy	39	↑1	20
23	Elizabeth	39	↓8	9
24	Tiffany	39	↓2	23
25	Jamie	37	↓1	27
26	Erica	34	↑12	34
27	Kristen	34	–	38
28	Emily	33	↑15	24
29	Crystal	32	↑2	21
30	Lisa	32	↓2	36
31	Michelle	31	↓10	22
32	Sara	29	↑8	30
33	Katherine	28	↓1	32
34	Katie	28	↑10	39
35	Lindsay	27	↓6	40
36	Lindsey	26	new	37
37	Samantha	26	↑11	29
38	Angela	24	↓4	31
39	Shannon	24	↓6	41
40	Julie	23	↑7	55
41	Kristin	23	↓15	49
42	Meghan	23	↓6	63
43	Andrea	21	↑7	33
44	Brittany	21	new	17
45	Kathleen	21	new	68
46	Kathryn	21	↓11	48
47	Tara	21	↓10	51
48	April	20	new	47
49	Jenna	19	↓7	50
50	Courtney	18	↓9	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	212	–	1
2	Matthew	158	–	3
3	Christopher	129	–	2
4	James	126	↑5	7
5	David	123	–	6
6	John	120	↓2	9
7	Robert	114	–	8
8	Joseph	109	↑2	10
9	William	107	↓1	16
10	Andrew	105	↑1	11
11	Joshua	100	↓5	4
12	Ryan	100	↑4	12
13	Daniel	97	–	5
14	Brian	83	↓2	18
15	Jason	74	↓1	14
16	Anthony	67	↑1	20
17	Brandon	67	↑8	13
18	Thomas	67	↑5	25
19	Eric	61	↓4	21
20	Kevin	61	↑2	23
21	Justin	58	–	15
22	Steven	58	↑10	24
23	Timothy	57	↑5	26
24	Jonathan	56	↓4	17
25	Mark	56	↑2	32
26	Kyle	53	↑18	27
27	Stephen	53	↑6	36
28	Richard	49	↓10	28
29	Jeffrey	46	↓3	29
30	Sean	46	–	38
31	Nicholas	45	↓2	19
32	Charles	43	↓13	34
33	Adam	39	↓9	22
34	Benjamin	37	↑5	31
35	Gregory	36	–	45
36	Patrick	33	↓5	37
37	Aaron	31	↑4	33
38	Zachary	31	↓1	39
39	Paul	28	↓5	42
40	Jeremy	27	↑2	30
41	Scott	25	↑2	44
42	Shawn	25	↓4	55
43	Alexander	24	new	50
44	Bryan	24	↓8	48
45	Edward	22	new	59
46	Kenneth	21	↓6	47
47	Nathan	21	↑3	40
48	Raymond	21	new	75
49	Donald	20	new	66
50	Jesse	20	new	51

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