Popular baby names in Delaware, 1989

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1989 were Ashley for girls (161 babies) and Michael for boys (245). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,384 babies born in Delaware in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1989

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

Girls

Renee: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kiara: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Meghan: 25 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Taylor: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julia: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Caroline: 16 babies, 3× the national rate
Bethany: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alexis: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lauren: 106 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Morgan: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Vincent: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kevin: 103 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Raymond: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Douglas: 18 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Ashley	161	–	2
2	Jessica	137	–	1
3	Amanda	136	–	4
4	Brittany	117	–	3
5	Lauren	106	↑1	9
6	Sarah	83	↓1	5
7	Samantha	80	–	6
8	Stephanie	75	↑2	8
9	Jennifer	73	↓1	7
10	Heather	71	↑2	15
11	Elizabeth	70	↑3	10
12	Amber	63	↓1	14
13	Nicole	58	↑2	12
14	Emily	54	↑4	13
15	Megan	53	↓6	11
16	Rachel	51	↑7	18
17	Laura	47	↑3	25
18	Danielle	45	↓5	17
19	Tiffany	45	↑6	16
20	Rebecca	44	↓3	24
21	Melissa	43	↓5	19
22	Katherine	41	↑7	26
23	Kelly	41	↓2	37
24	Kimberly	41	↓2	28
25	Courtney	38	↑9	21
26	Kristen	37	–	36
27	Erica	36	↓3	34
28	Erin	36	new	40
29	Sara	35	↑2	29
30	Chelsea	33	↑2	27
31	Caitlin	32	↓3	49
32	Christina	32	↓13	23
33	Mary	32	↑6	38
34	Michelle	31	↓4	22
35	Amy	29	↑1	35
36	Jasmine	27	new	30
37	Shannon	27	–	61
38	Alexandra	25	new	43
39	Brittney	25	new	41
40	Meghan	25	new	80
41	Taylor	25	new	75
42	Victoria	25	↓15	44
43	Cassandra	24	new	54
44	Katie	24	↓2	45
45	Kathryn	22	↑2	58
46	Kelsey	22	new	31
47	Kristin	22	↑1	60
48	Lisa	22	↓15	55
49	Morgan	22	new	69
50	Alicia	21	↓7	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Michael	245	–	1
2	Christopher	188	↑1	2
3	Matthew	172	↓1	3
4	Joshua	140	↑1	4
5	James	128	↑3	9
6	Andrew	127	–	7
7	David	124	–	5
8	Robert	118	↑1	10
9	Joseph	115	↑4	11
10	Ryan	108	↑4	13
11	John	104	↓7	12
12	Kevin	103	↑8	19
13	Daniel	102	↓3	6
14	William	99	↓3	15
15	Justin	94	↓3	8
16	Brandon	74	↑3	18
17	Thomas	72	↑4	23
18	Kyle	71	↓3	20
19	Nicholas	71	↓1	14
20	Anthony	64	↓3	16
21	Timothy	64	↑4	28
22	Jonathan	61	↑8	17
23	Brian	60	↓7	24
24	Steven	60	↓1	22
25	Zachary	57	↑4	25
26	Benjamin	56	↑13	29
27	Eric	55	↓3	21
28	Adam	54	↑3	27
29	Aaron	51	↑8	31
30	Jeffrey	48	↑4	37
31	Richard	46	↑1	33
32	Sean	46	↓10	39
33	Mark	44	↓5	42
34	Stephen	42	↓7	40
35	Patrick	41	↑9	38
36	Charles	40	↓10	36
37	Jason	40	↓4	35
38	Paul	36	↑4	49
39	Alexander	33	↓1	32
40	Travis	33	new	41
41	Jacob	32	↑7	26
42	Kenneth	32	↓1	53
43	Tyler	32	–	30
44	Jordan	31	new	44
45	Gregory	29	↓9	52
46	Bryan	28	↓1	56
47	Scott	27	↓12	51
48	Donald	25	new	82
49	Shawn	24	new	65
50	Vincent	24	–	80

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