Popular baby names in Delaware, 1996

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1996 were Emily for girls (85 babies) and Michael for boys (127). Social Security records list 7,001 babies born in Delaware in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1996

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

Girls

Casey: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Erin: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Gabrielle: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jenna: 22 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Caroline: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kathryn: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Katelyn: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Taylor: 82 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chelsea: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Colin: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Devon: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Thomas: 70 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patrick: 42 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mark: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gregory: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Sean: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 17 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Vincent: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	85	↑1	1
2	Taylor	82	↑5	6
3	Sarah	67	↓2	4
4	Samantha	59	↑2	5
5	Jessica	58	↓2	2
6	Rachel	55	↑5	9
7	Ashley	54	↓2	3
8	Alexis	53	↓4	8
9	Megan	52	↑1	12
10	Elizabeth	50	↑5	10
11	Lauren	47	↑1	16
12	Amanda	46	↓4	13
13	Brittany	45	↑3	14
14	Hannah	45	↑6	7
15	Kayla	42	↑2	11
16	Brianna	41	↑7	17
17	Madison	40	↑19	15
18	Morgan	39	↓5	25
19	Courtney	38	↓5	21
20	Erin	38	↑18	51
21	Rebecca	36	–	24
22	Gabrielle	35	↑8	54
23	Jennifer	35	new	19
24	Alyssa	34	↓2	23
25	Alexandra	33	↓7	26
26	Abigail	31	new	32
27	Haley	30	↑5	30
28	Nicole	30	↓2	22
29	Victoria	30	↓20	18
30	Amber	27	↑1	27
31	Anna	27	↓2	33
32	Brooke	26	↑3	45
33	Jasmine	26	new	28
34	Kelsey	26	↓9	36
35	Chelsea	25	new	55
36	Danielle	25	↓17	29
37	Stephanie	25	↓10	20
38	Katelyn	24	new	64
39	Sydney	23	new	39
40	Caroline	22	new	78
41	Jenna	22	↑4	83
42	Melissa	21	new	42
43	Shelby	21	new	35
44	Julia	20	↓5	48
45	Kathryn	20	↑1	87
46	Allison	19	↓12	38
47	Casey	19	new	>100
48	Katherine	19	↓24	31
49	Sabrina	19	new	58
50	Shannon	19	↓2	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	127	–	1
2	Matthew	119	–	2
3	Christopher	99	↑10	4
4	Tyler	97	↓1	7
5	Ryan	89	↑5	16
6	Zachary	85	–	14
7	John	81	↓2	15
8	Brandon	80	↓4	8
9	Joshua	79	↑5	5
10	Nicholas	78	↑1	6
11	James	74	↓2	17
12	William	73	↑3	18
13	Jacob	70	↓1	3
14	Thomas	70	↑10	28
15	Andrew	69	↓8	10
16	Daniel	68	–	11
17	Joseph	66	↑1	12
18	Anthony	65	↑1	19
19	Kyle	64	↓11	25
20	Robert	64	↑2	23
21	David	58	↓4	13
22	Justin	57	↓1	20
23	Alexander	49	↓3	22
24	Austin	47	↓1	9
25	Jonathan	47	–	21
26	Eric	46	↑4	35
27	Kevin	45	↑2	26
28	Benjamin	42	–	29
29	Patrick	42	↑10	44
30	Dylan	41	↑1	33
31	Jordan	39	↑1	27
32	Samuel	38	↑5	30
33	Sean	38	↓6	46
34	Cody	34	↓8	31
35	Mark	34	↓2	55
36	Shane	33	new	>100
37	Brian	32	↓2	36
38	Christian	31	↑11	24
39	Charles	30	↓3	43
40	Logan	29	new	42
41	Stephen	28	↑5	59
42	Timothy	28	↓1	40
43	Richard	27	↑2	45
44	Steven	25	↓6	38
45	Jason	24	new	41
46	Adam	23	↓6	39
47	Connor	23	↓5	54
48	Nathan	23	–	37
49	Jeffrey	22	↓5	72
50	Alex	20	new	53

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