Popular baby names in Delaware, 1988

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1988 were Ashley for girls (163 babies) and Michael for boys (241). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 7,922 babies born in Delaware in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1988

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

Girls

Colleen: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alexis: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Catherine: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kelly: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Victoria: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tara: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Caitlin: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kathleen: 17 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lauren: 83 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rebecca: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Vincent: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Keith: 27 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donald: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Phillip: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sean: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gregory: 40 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Ashley	163	↑1	2
2	Jessica	158	↓1	1
3	Amanda	143	–	3
4	Brittany	91	↑5	6
5	Sarah	90	–	4
6	Lauren	83	–	11
7	Samantha	83	↑12	8
8	Jennifer	81	↓4	5
9	Megan	73	↑2	12
10	Stephanie	68	↓3	7
11	Amber	65	↑4	15
12	Heather	65	↓2	14
13	Danielle	61	↓5	17
14	Elizabeth	58	↓2	10
15	Nicole	57	↓2	9
16	Melissa	51	↑1	16
17	Rebecca	49	↓1	26
18	Emily	48	↑9	18
19	Christina	45	↓5	22
20	Laura	42	↑3	23
21	Kelly	40	↑1	32
22	Kimberly	40	↓1	25
23	Rachel	40	↓5	19
24	Erica	36	↑15	31
25	Tiffany	35	–	13
26	Kristen	34	new	36
27	Victoria	33	new	42
28	Caitlin	31	↑14	44
29	Katherine	30	–	27
30	Michelle	30	↑3	21
31	Sara	30	↑1	30
32	Chelsea	28	new	33
33	Lisa	28	new	43
34	Courtney	27	↓6	24
35	Crystal	27	↑3	28
36	Amy	26	↓10	29
37	Shannon	26	↑9	56
38	Lindsay	25	↓7	57
39	Mary	25	↓15	34
40	Christine	24	↓6	51
41	Jamie	24	↑4	45
42	Katie	24	↑2	40
43	Alicia	23	new	50
44	Angela	23	↓7	38
45	Andrea	22	↓4	35
46	Catherine	22	new	69
47	Kathryn	22	↓12	55
48	Kristin	21	↓18	58
49	Tara	21	↑1	67
50	Allison	20	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Michael	241	–	1
2	Matthew	162	↑1	3
3	Christopher	159	↓1	2
4	John	126	↑2	11
5	Joshua	126	↑6	4
6	Andrew	124	↑1	5
7	David	118	↓3	6
8	James	115	↓3	9
9	Robert	104	↓1	10
10	Daniel	103	↓1	8
11	William	100	↑2	16
12	Justin	87	↓2	7
13	Joseph	82	↑1	12
14	Ryan	77	↓2	13
15	Kyle	70	↑3	21
16	Brian	69	↑3	22
17	Anthony	68	↑4	18
18	Nicholas	68	↑8	14
19	Brandon	67	↓2	17
20	Kevin	67	↑4	20
21	Thomas	61	↓5	23
22	Sean	56	↑7	38
23	Steven	54	↑4	24
24	Eric	53	↓1	19
25	Timothy	53	↑6	25
26	Charles	52	↓4	37
27	Stephen	51	↑11	40
28	Mark	50	↓3	39
29	Zachary	50	↑5	29
30	Jonathan	49	–	15
31	Adam	48	↑6	26
32	Richard	46	↓12	32
33	Jason	45	↓18	27
34	Jeffrey	44	↓6	36
35	Scott	41	↑12	47
36	Gregory	40	↑7	50
37	Aaron	38	↓1	31
38	Alexander	35	↑4	34
39	Benjamin	35	↓4	30
40	Jeremy	35	↓1	35
41	Kenneth	31	↑9	51
42	Paul	31	↓9	46
43	Tyler	29	new	33
44	Patrick	28	↓3	42
45	Bryan	27	↓13	54
46	Keith	27	new	70
47	Dustin	25	new	48
48	Jacob	25	↓4	28
49	Samuel	25	new	45
50	Vincent	24	new	82

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