Popular baby names in Delaware, 1990

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1990 were Jessica for girls (156 babies) and Michael for boys (229). Social Security records list 8,619 babies born in Delaware in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1990

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

Girls

Christine: 37 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dana: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jillian: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kelly: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Alexis: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Meghan: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Margaret: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lindsay: 28 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Kaitlin: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Paige: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ronald: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Robert: 144 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sean: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shane: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 23 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Jessica	156	↑1	1
2	Brittany	133	↑2	3
3	Ashley	131	↓2	2
4	Amanda	113	↓1	4
5	Samantha	89	↑2	5
6	Lauren	88	↓1	10
7	Stephanie	75	↑1	7
8	Sarah	74	↓2	6
9	Amber	65	↑3	15
10	Megan	58	↑5	11
11	Nicole	58	↑2	13
12	Rebecca	55	↑8	21
13	Courtney	52	↑12	17
14	Elizabeth	52	↓3	9
15	Emily	51	↓1	12
16	Chelsea	50	↑14	24
17	Danielle	49	↑1	18
18	Rachel	48	↓2	16
19	Kelly	47	↑4	41
20	Jennifer	46	↓11	8
21	Christina	45	↑11	25
22	Heather	43	↓12	19
23	Michelle	41	↑11	22
24	Erin	38	↑4	43
25	Melissa	38	↓4	20
26	Christine	37	new	62
27	Jasmine	37	↑9	28
28	Katherine	37	↓6	26
29	Caitlin	36	↑2	50
30	Erica	36	↓3	36
31	Mary	34	↑2	35
32	Alexandra	32	↑6	37
33	Victoria	32	↑9	33
34	Alexis	31	new	66
35	Alyssa	30	new	27
36	Kristen	30	↓10	42
37	Laura	30	↓20	29
38	Kimberly	29	↓14	31
39	Kelsey	28	↑7	32
40	Lindsay	28	new	69
41	Sara	28	↓12	34
42	Angela	27	new	52
43	Morgan	27	↑6	58
44	Amy	26	↓9	38
45	Taylor	26	↓4	46
46	Tiffany	25	↓27	23
47	Hannah	23	new	30
48	Allison	22	new	48
49	Kathryn	22	↓4	57
50	Kayla	22	new	14

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	229	–	1
2	Christopher	182	–	2
3	Matthew	158	–	3
4	Robert	144	↑4	13
5	Andrew	140	↑1	7
6	John	138	↑5	12
7	Joshua	135	↓3	4
8	David	130	↓1	6
9	Daniel	127	↑4	5
10	James	114	↓5	8
11	Ryan	103	↓1	11
12	William	102	↑2	16
13	Joseph	98	↓4	10
14	Kyle	91	↑4	18
15	Justin	84	–	9
16	Eric	80	↑11	24
17	Nicholas	78	↑2	14
18	Zachary	78	↑7	22
19	Anthony	77	↑1	15
20	Brandon	75	↓4	19
21	Kevin	73	↓9	23
22	Brian	72	↑1	27
23	Steven	63	↑1	25
24	Sean	61	↑8	37
25	Thomas	59	↓8	26
26	Jonathan	55	↓4	17
27	Richard	51	↑4	35
28	Stephen	51	↑6	39
29	Patrick	50	↑6	36
30	Charles	49	↑6	38
31	Jordan	48	↑13	29
32	Tyler	48	↑11	21
33	Adam	47	↓5	32
34	Alexander	47	↑5	28
35	Timothy	46	↓14	30
36	Mark	45	↓3	47
37	Aaron	44	↓8	34
38	Benjamin	43	↓12	33
39	Jeffrey	42	↓9	43
40	Gregory	39	↑5	51
41	Jason	38	↓4	46
42	Jacob	36	↓1	20
43	Donald	29	↑5	87
44	Kenneth	28	↓2	52
45	Shane	26	new	73
46	Shawn	26	↑3	69
47	Edward	25	new	68
48	Jeremy	25	new	40
49	Nathan	25	new	44
50	Samuel	25	new	45

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