Popular baby names in Delaware, 1998

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1998 were Emily for girls (92 babies) and Michael for boys (122). Social Security records list 7,026 babies born in Delaware in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1998

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

Girls

Carly: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shannon: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Erin: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sophia: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Taylor: 86 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Julia: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Caroline: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Morgan: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jenna: 22 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Olivia: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Donald: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
Shane: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shawn: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Sean: 45 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colin: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Mark: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brendan: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Scott: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kenneth: 21 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Robert: 70 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	92	–	1
2	Taylor	86	↑1	7
3	Madison	69	↑22	9
4	Samantha	66	↑2	3
5	Sarah	66	↓3	4
6	Alexis	65	↓2	6
7	Hannah	57	↑2	2
8	Jessica	56	↓3	8
9	Kayla	53	↑8	12
10	Ashley	46	↑1	5
11	Olivia	46	↑21	21
12	Elizabeth	45	↑2	10
13	Morgan	45	↓1	23
14	Megan	44	↑10	13
15	Amanda	39	↑12	19
16	Victoria	39	↑2	16
17	Julia	38	↑6	32
18	Lauren	37	↓11	14
19	Rachel	37	↓11	15
20	Abigail	36	↑6	18
21	Brianna	34	↓11	17
22	Rebecca	33	↓9	30
23	Jasmine	30	↓2	26
24	Alyssa	29	↓9	11
25	Brittany	29	↓9	25
26	Katherine	29	↑3	33
27	Erin	28	↑16	57
28	Brooke	26	↑14	46
29	Emma	26	↓1	22
30	Courtney	25	↓10	39
31	Kaitlyn	25	↑8	35
32	Mary	25	↑12	44
33	Nicole	25	↑3	24
34	Alexandra	24	↓15	27
35	Gabrielle	24	↓4	47
36	Danielle	23	↓1	41
37	Amber	22	↓7	37
38	Jenna	22	–	65
39	Kelsey	22	new	56
40	Sophia	22	new	73
41	Jennifer	21	↓19	20
42	Jordan	21	↓8	42
43	Madeline	21	↑6	50
44	Stephanie	21	new	29
45	Caroline	20	↑2	75
46	Shelby	20	new	49
47	Sierra	20	new	51
48	Sydney	20	↓3	28
49	Christina	19	new	69
50	Destiny	19	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	122	–	1
2	Tyler	101	↑1	8
3	Matthew	100	↓1	3
4	Joshua	95	–	4
5	Christopher	91	–	5
6	Ryan	86	↑4	17
7	William	85	↑14	14
8	Nicholas	84	↓2	6
9	James	78	↑3	18
10	Jacob	76	↓2	2
11	Brandon	75	↑2	7
12	Zachary	75	↓3	16
13	John	72	↓2	15
14	Justin	72	↑8	20
15	Robert	70	↑3	23
16	Joseph	69	↑3	11
17	Andrew	67	↓10	9
18	Kyle	65	↑2	24
19	Daniel	64	↓5	12
20	David	63	↓3	13
21	Jordan	55	↑3	27
22	Alexander	54	↑6	22
23	Anthony	54	↓7	19
24	Dylan	50	↑2	25
25	Austin	47	↓10	10
26	Sean	45	↑12	50
27	Kevin	43	–	32
28	Thomas	43	↓5	31
29	Jonathan	41	–	21
30	Samuel	41	↓5	28
31	Benjamin	40	↑1	30
32	Eric	40	↑9	39
33	Charles	35	new	48
34	Nathan	34	↑3	34
35	Noah	33	new	29
36	Hunter	32	new	36
37	Cody	31	↑8	43
38	Brian	30	↓8	41
39	Mark	29	↑11	64
40	Steven	29	↑4	46
41	Aaron	28	↓6	37
42	Connor	27	↓6	47
43	Richard	27	–	56
44	Christian	26	↓13	26
45	Timothy	26	↓6	49
46	Jason	25	–	40
47	Patrick	25	↓13	57
48	Shane	25	new	>100
49	Ethan	23	new	38
50	Evan	23	new	63

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