Popular baby names in Delaware, 1987

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1987 were Jessica for girls (189 babies) and Michael for boys (236). Social Security records list 7,542 babies born in Delaware in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1987

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: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kristin: 31 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lauren: 81 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Erin: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mary: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Lindsay: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Julia: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Caitlin: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kathryn: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tara: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Charles: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mark: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Bryan: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Douglas: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Philip: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	189	↑1	1
2	Ashley	178	↓1	2
3	Amanda	136	–	3
4	Jennifer	92	–	4
5	Sarah	85	–	5
6	Lauren	81	↑1	16
7	Stephanie	66	↑2	6
8	Danielle	64	↑7	14
9	Brittany	61	↑3	7
10	Heather	60	↓4	9
11	Megan	59	↓3	12
12	Elizabeth	58	↑1	10
13	Nicole	55	↓2	8
14	Christina	50	↑8	20
15	Amber	49	↓5	15
16	Rebecca	49	↑2	25
17	Melissa	47	–	13
18	Rachel	46	↑11	17
19	Samantha	45	↑1	11
20	Erin	41	↑3	34
21	Kimberly	41	↑3	23
22	Kelly	40	↓6	30
23	Laura	40	↓9	22
24	Mary	39	↑6	37
25	Tiffany	34	↓4	18
26	Amy	33	↑1	24
27	Emily	32	↑16	19
28	Courtney	31	↑3	33
29	Katherine	31	↓1	28
30	Kristin	31	↑7	55
31	Lindsay	31	↑7	49
32	Sara	29	↑3	29
33	Michelle	28	↓14	21
34	Christine	27	↓1	48
35	Kathryn	27	↑1	51
36	Lindsey	27	↑3	41
37	Angela	26	↑5	35
38	Crystal	26	↑11	26
39	Erica	25	↓7	31
40	Whitney	25	↑8	32
41	Andrea	23	–	36
42	Caitlin	23	↑2	63
43	Jacqueline	23	new	54
44	Katie	22	↓10	38
45	Jamie	21	↓20	39
46	Shannon	20	↓20	45
47	Alexandra	19	new	59
48	Allison	19	new	44
49	Stacey	19	new	>100
50	Tara	19	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	236	–	1
2	Christopher	174	–	2
3	Matthew	149	–	3
4	David	129	↑6	5
5	James	126	↑1	8
6	John	119	↓1	11
7	Andrew	114	↓3	6
8	Robert	113	↑1	10
9	Daniel	104	↑3	7
10	Justin	101	↑12	9
11	Joshua	95	–	4
12	Ryan	79	↓5	13
13	William	75	–	15
14	Joseph	74	↓6	12
15	Jason	72	↑2	23
16	Thomas	72	↑3	24
17	Brandon	66	↓1	14
18	Kyle	64	–	22
19	Brian	63	↓5	20
20	Richard	62	–	30
21	Anthony	61	–	17
22	Charles	60	↑1	35
23	Eric	60	↑2	21
24	Kevin	60	↓9	19
25	Mark	59	↑7	36
26	Nicholas	58	↑4	16
27	Steven	57	–	25
28	Jeffrey	50	↓2	32
29	Sean	49	↑2	40
30	Jonathan	48	↓1	18
31	Timothy	46	↓7	26
32	Bryan	40	↑9	51
33	Paul	39	↑4	46
34	Zachary	38	↓1	33
35	Benjamin	37	↑4	28
36	Aaron	34	↑2	34
37	Adam	34	↑3	27
38	Stephen	33	↓10	38
39	Jeremy	32	↓3	29
40	Shawn	32	↑5	59
41	Patrick	31	↓7	41
42	Alexander	30	↑2	37
43	Gregory	25	↓8	47
44	Jacob	25	↑5	31
45	Donald	24	new	70
46	Peter	24	new	64
47	Scott	24	–	43
48	Edward	21	↓6	61
49	Jesse	21	new	55
50	Kenneth	20	new	53

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