Popular baby names in Delaware, 1994

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1994 were Jessica for girls (107 babies) and Michael for boys (144). Social Security records list 7,519 babies born in Delaware in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1994

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

Girls

Melanie: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bethany: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shannon: 29 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Meghan: 17 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Erin: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lindsay: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Margaret: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Paige: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julia: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Ronald: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donald: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Keith: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gregory: 29 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Chad: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Stephen: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Devon: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brett: 16 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patrick: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jessica	107	–	1
2	Ashley	92	–	2
3	Sarah	90	↑6	5
4	Taylor	81	↑3	6
5	Amanda	80	↑1	8
6	Emily	79	↓3	3
7	Samantha	79	↑1	4
8	Megan	69	↑12	10
9	Lauren	64	↓4	14
10	Alexis	57	↑9	18
11	Victoria	55	↑10	19
12	Rachel	53	↓2	13
13	Brittany	50	↓9	7
14	Amber	49	↑2	21
15	Rebecca	49	↓1	24
16	Morgan	48	↓4	25
17	Courtney	46	↓4	22
18	Jennifer	42	–	17
19	Kayla	42	↑22	12
20	Nicole	42	↑6	11
21	Danielle	41	↓6	20
22	Stephanie	40	↑2	15
23	Erin	35	–	45
24	Mary	35	↑11	37
25	Elizabeth	34	↓14	9
26	Kelsey	34	↓4	29
27	Alexandra	33	↑3	28
28	Brianna	33	↑22	27
29	Kaitlyn	33	new	48
30	Chelsea	32	↓2	38
31	Katherine	29	–	30
32	Melissa	29	↓3	31
33	Shannon	29	↓1	60
34	Hannah	27	↑6	16
35	Abigail	26	new	42
36	Heather	26	↓9	44
37	Allison	25	↑12	34
38	Alyssa	25	↓21	26
39	Christina	25	new	39
40	Laura	25	new	46
41	Paige	25	↓7	63
42	Jordan	24	new	52
43	Briana	23	new	68
44	Brooke	23	↓6	54
45	Julia	23	new	72
46	Katelyn	22	↑1	58
47	Kathryn	22	new	79
48	Michelle	22	new	33
49	Sara	22	↓10	43
50	Anna	21	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	144	–	1
2	Matthew	121	–	3
3	Christopher	120	–	2
4	Tyler	105	↑7	5
5	James	102	–	14
6	Ryan	98	↑3	16
7	Joseph	97	↑9	11
8	William	93	–	19
9	Joshua	92	↑9	4
10	Brandon	90	↓3	6
11	John	87	↓7	15
12	Nicholas	87	↑5	9
13	Andrew	85	↓7	10
14	Zachary	85	↓4	12
15	Robert	84	↓2	21
16	Kyle	79	↓4	24
17	Jacob	77	↑4	7
18	David	76	↓3	13
19	Daniel	63	↓5	8
20	Alexander	59	↑3	22
21	Cody	59	↑11	25
22	Anthony	56	↓3	18
23	Thomas	55	↑2	27
24	Jordan	53	↑4	29
25	Justin	48	↓3	20
26	Eric	47	↓2	30
27	Samuel	44	↑8	33
28	Patrick	43	↑13	42
29	Aaron	42	↑2	28
30	Kevin	42	↓10	26
31	Richard	39	↑13	41
32	Austin	38	↑13	17
33	Dylan	38	↑7	32
34	Charles	37	↑5	43
35	Sean	37	↓5	44
36	Stephen	37	↓3	49
37	Steven	37	↓3	34
38	Jonathan	34	↓11	23
39	Benjamin	33	↓13	31
40	Adam	32	↓2	38
41	Brian	32	↓12	37
42	Christian	31	new	35
43	Timothy	30	↓6	39
44	Gregory	29	new	76
45	Jeremy	29	↑2	47
46	Mark	28	↓10	48
47	Shane	25	↓1	92
48	Marcus	24	new	75
49	Corey	23	new	73
50	Hunter	22	new	67

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