Popular baby names in Delaware, 1986

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1986 were Ashley for girls (168 babies) and Michael for boys (197). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,146 babies born in Delaware in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1986

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

Girls

Kathleen: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caitlin: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dana: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Lauren: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shannon: 33 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alexandra: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Meghan: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Heather: 86 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kristin: 25 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kelly: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Gary: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ian: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Edward: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Douglas: 17 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	168	↑2	2
2	Jessica	158	↓1	1
3	Amanda	114	↑1	3
4	Jennifer	106	↓2	4
5	Sarah	90	↑3	5
6	Heather	86	↑3	9
7	Lauren	79	↓2	14
8	Megan	68	↑2	11
9	Stephanie	67	↓3	6
10	Amber	57	↑4	13
11	Nicole	53	↓4	7
12	Brittany	49	↑32	8
13	Elizabeth	44	↑10	10
14	Laura	44	↓1	20
15	Danielle	43	↓3	16
16	Kelly	43	–	29
17	Melissa	43	↑2	12
18	Rebecca	41	↑3	26
19	Michelle	39	↑12	23
20	Samantha	39	↑17	21
21	Tiffany	39	↑3	17
22	Christina	38	↓7	19
23	Erin	37	↓5	30
24	Kimberly	35	↓13	18
25	Jamie	33	–	34
26	Shannon	33	↑13	44
27	Amy	32	↓5	22
28	Katherine	32	↑5	28
29	Rachel	32	↓9	15
30	Mary	31	new	37
31	Courtney	28	↑19	35
32	Erica	28	↓6	31
33	Christine	27	↓16	47
34	Katie	27	–	38
35	Sara	27	↓3	27
36	Kathryn	26	↑10	48
37	Kristin	25	↑4	50
38	Lindsay	25	↓3	46
39	Lindsey	25	↓3	39
40	Kathleen	24	↑5	68
41	Andrea	22	↑2	36
42	Angela	22	↓4	33
43	Emily	22	↓15	24
44	Caitlin	21	new	69
45	Kristen	21	↓18	41
46	Lisa	21	↓16	40
47	Kristina	19	new	62
48	Whitney	19	new	32
49	Crystal	18	↓20	25
50	Victoria	18	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	197	–	1
2	Christopher	163	↑1	2
3	Matthew	160	↓1	3
4	Andrew	108	↑6	8
5	John	106	↑1	10
6	James	104	↓2	7
7	Ryan	104	↑5	11
8	Joseph	103	–	12
9	Robert	102	↓2	9
10	David	99	↓5	5
11	Joshua	98	–	4
12	Daniel	96	↑1	6
13	William	92	↓4	15
14	Brian	88	–	20
15	Kevin	83	↑5	21
16	Brandon	73	↑1	13
17	Jason	71	↓2	18
18	Kyle	71	↑8	23
19	Thomas	66	↓1	26
20	Richard	60	↑8	29
21	Anthony	59	↓5	19
22	Justin	57	↓1	14
23	Charles	56	↑9	34
24	Timothy	55	↓1	27
25	Eric	52	↓6	22
26	Jeffrey	51	↑3	32
27	Steven	50	↓5	25
28	Stephen	49	↓1	36
29	Jonathan	46	↓5	16
30	Nicholas	45	↑1	17
31	Sean	45	↓1	37
32	Mark	43	↓7	35
33	Zachary	43	↑5	38
34	Patrick	42	↑2	39
35	Gregory	35	–	46
36	Jeremy	35	↑4	28
37	Paul	35	↑2	45
38	Aaron	33	↓1	33
39	Benjamin	32	↓5	30
40	Adam	26	↓7	24
41	Bryan	26	↑3	47
42	Edward	26	↑3	61
43	Jordan	26	new	53
44	Alexander	25	↓1	41
45	Shawn	23	↓3	55
46	Keith	21	new	66
47	Scott	21	↓6	44
48	Nathan	20	↓1	43
49	Jacob	19	new	31
50	Dustin	18	new	42

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