Popular baby names in Delaware, 1991

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1991 were Ashley for girls (151 babies) and Michael for boys (222). Social Security records list 8,416 babies born in Delaware in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1991

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

Girls

Jillian: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alexis: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Casey: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Caitlin: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Morgan: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jenna: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Caroline: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Erin: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Philip: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gary: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ian: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Keith: 21 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donald: 19 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mark: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Robert: 126 babies, 2× the national rate
Phillip: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	151	↑2	1
2	Amanda	125	↑2	4
3	Jessica	120	↓2	2
4	Brittany	93	↓2	3
5	Samantha	89	–	5
6	Megan	85	↑4	11
7	Sarah	85	↑1	6
8	Lauren	77	↓2	13
9	Emily	71	↑6	10
10	Jennifer	64	↑10	8
11	Courtney	58	↑2	19
12	Elizabeth	58	↑2	9
13	Amber	53	↓4	16
14	Melissa	51	↑11	20
15	Danielle	50	↑2	17
16	Nicole	48	↓5	15
17	Rebecca	47	↓5	21
18	Stephanie	46	↓11	7
19	Victoria	45	↑14	28
20	Katherine	44	↑8	25
21	Kelsey	43	↑18	26
22	Rachel	43	↓4	14
23	Chelsea	41	↓7	18
24	Alexis	40	↑10	47
25	Heather	39	↓3	23
26	Kelly	39	↓7	42
27	Erin	38	↓3	44
28	Laura	38	↑9	35
29	Sara	37	↑12	37
30	Caitlin	36	↓1	55
31	Morgan	36	↑12	49
32	Tiffany	36	↑14	27
33	Taylor	35	↑12	32
34	Alexandra	34	↓2	36
35	Mary	33	↓4	38
36	Jasmine	31	↓9	24
37	Lindsey	31	new	52
38	Christina	30	↓17	31
39	Erica	28	↓9	40
40	Kayla	28	↑10	12
41	Anna	27	new	46
42	Kaitlyn	27	new	82
43	Katie	27	new	53
44	Michelle	25	↓21	22
45	Shelby	25	new	33
46	Jenna	24	new	80
47	Andrea	23	new	39
48	Brianna	22	new	51
49	Brooke	22	new	65
50	Julia	22	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	222	–	1
2	Christopher	142	–	2
3	Matthew	138	–	3
4	Joshua	135	↑3	4
5	Robert	126	↓1	13
6	Ryan	111	↑5	11
7	Andrew	106	↓2	5
8	James	105	↑2	7
9	David	100	↓1	8
10	Nicholas	99	↑7	12
11	John	95	↓5	10
12	William	93	–	19
13	Kyle	92	↑1	21
14	Tyler	89	↑18	16
15	Daniel	83	↓6	6
16	Joseph	82	↓3	9
17	Anthony	75	↑2	18
18	Brandon	73	↑2	15
19	Justin	73	↓4	14
20	Eric	68	↓4	25
21	Thomas	67	↑4	28
22	Zachary	66	↓4	22
23	Kevin	65	↓2	23
24	Brian	64	↓2	30
25	Jonathan	59	↑1	20
26	Timothy	55	↑9	32
27	Patrick	52	↑2	35
28	Steven	51	↓5	27
29	Sean	50	↓5	40
30	Mark	48	↑6	47
31	Adam	47	↑2	36
32	Charles	46	↓2	38
33	Richard	46	↓6	34
34	Aaron	42	↑3	31
35	Benjamin	42	↑3	33
36	Jacob	42	↑6	17
37	Jeffrey	41	↑2	45
38	Jordan	41	↓7	29
39	Alexander	40	↓5	26
40	Stephen	39	↓12	41
41	Gregory	35	↓1	55
42	Jason	34	↓1	49
43	Cody	33	new	24
44	Paul	33	new	53
45	Dylan	31	new	46
46	Ian	27	new	73
47	Kenneth	27	↓3	54
48	Samuel	27	↑2	39
49	Jeremy	25	↓1	43
50	Jesse	23	new	51

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