Popular baby names in Delaware, 1997

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1997 were Emily for girls (86 babies) and Michael for boys (148). Social Security records list 6,949 babies born in Delaware in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1997

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

Girls

Shannon: 24 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Paige: 28 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jenna: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Julia: 37 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Morgan: 51 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Gabrielle: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kelly: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Angela: 17 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Rebecca: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Dominic: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
George: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Isaiah: 33 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ian: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeffrey: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Corey: 16 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Shane: 15 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jeremy: 25 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brendan: 16 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Shawn: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	86	–	1
2	Sarah	85	↑1	4
3	Taylor	85	↓1	7
4	Alexis	70	↑4	8
5	Jessica	60	–	2
6	Samantha	59	↓2	6
7	Lauren	58	↑4	14
8	Rachel	58	↓2	13
9	Hannah	54	↑5	5
10	Brianna	53	↑6	17
11	Ashley	51	↓4	3
12	Morgan	51	↑6	22
13	Rebecca	44	↑8	25
14	Elizabeth	41	↓4	9
15	Alyssa	40	↑9	15
16	Brittany	40	↓3	20
17	Kayla	38	↓2	12
18	Victoria	38	↑11	19
19	Alexandra	37	↑6	30
20	Courtney	37	↓1	28
21	Jasmine	37	↑12	24
22	Jennifer	37	↑1	18
23	Julia	37	↑21	37
24	Megan	36	↓15	11
25	Madison	33	↓8	10
26	Abigail	32	–	26
27	Amanda	31	↓15	16
28	Emma	31	new	36
29	Katherine	31	↑19	32
30	Amber	29	–	29
31	Gabrielle	28	↓9	51
32	Olivia	28	new	27
33	Paige	28	new	64
34	Jordan	27	new	40
35	Danielle	26	↑1	34
36	Nicole	26	↓8	21
37	Haley	25	↓10	31
38	Jenna	24	↑3	76
39	Kaitlyn	24	new	41
40	Natalie	24	new	48
41	Shannon	24	↑9	85
42	Brooke	23	↓10	45
43	Erin	23	↓23	52
44	Mary	21	new	46
45	Sydney	20	↓6	35
46	Allison	19	–	39
47	Caroline	19	↓7	75
48	Kelly	19	new	83
49	Madeline	19	new	59
50	Cheyenne	18	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	148	–	1
2	Matthew	114	–	3
3	Tyler	100	↑1	10
4	Joshua	90	↑5	5
5	Christopher	86	↓2	4
6	Nicholas	86	↑4	6
7	Andrew	85	↑8	7
8	Jacob	83	↑5	2
9	Zachary	81	↓3	13
10	Ryan	77	↓5	16
11	John	76	↓4	15
12	James	73	↓1	17
13	Brandon	70	↓5	8
14	Daniel	69	↑2	11
15	Austin	67	↑9	9
16	Anthony	65	↑2	18
17	David	65	↑4	14
18	Robert	65	↑2	23
19	Joseph	63	↓2	12
20	Kyle	59	↓1	24
21	William	59	↓9	19
22	Justin	55	–	20
23	Thomas	53	↓9	31
24	Jordan	50	↑7	26
25	Samuel	46	↑7	27
26	Dylan	45	↑4	30
27	Kevin	44	–	28
28	Alexander	43	↓5	22
29	Jonathan	43	↓4	21
30	Brian	39	↑7	37
31	Christian	36	↑7	25
32	Benjamin	34	↓4	29
33	Isaiah	33	new	60
34	Patrick	31	↓5	50
35	Aaron	30	new	33
36	Connor	30	↑11	52
37	Nathan	30	↑11	34
38	Sean	30	↓5	48
39	Timothy	30	↑3	43
40	Adam	29	↑6	39
41	Eric	29	↓15	35
42	Ian	27	new	70
43	Richard	27	–	51
44	Steven	27	–	40
45	Cody	26	↓11	36
46	Jason	26	↓1	41
47	Logan	26	↓7	42
48	Jeremy	25	new	64
49	Jeffrey	24	–	84
50	Mark	24	↓15	58

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