Popular baby names in Delaware, 1999

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 1999 were Emily for girls (79 babies) and Michael for boys (114). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,110 babies born in Delaware in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 1999

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

Girls

Julianna: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Rachael: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lindsay: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Skylar: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jade: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kathryn: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Heather: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Autumn: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Margaret: 15 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sara: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ryan: 103 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeffrey: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Devon: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kyle: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Thomas: 60 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sean: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Zachary: 87 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Jordan: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Patrick: 28 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	79	–	1
2	Alexis	76	↑4	3
3	Sarah	75	↑2	4
4	Madison	69	↓1	7
5	Taylor	61	↓3	8
6	Kayla	59	↑3	13
7	Elizabeth	56	↑5	10
8	Samantha	56	↓4	5
9	Jessica	53	↓1	9
10	Hannah	52	↓3	2
11	Ashley	49	↓1	6
12	Megan	45	↑2	15
13	Abigail	40	↑7	18
14	Lauren	39	↑4	12
15	Rachel	39	↑4	19
16	Julia	37	↑1	30
17	Destiny	36	↑33	28
18	Amanda	34	↓3	22
19	Olivia	34	↓8	20
20	Brianna	33	↑1	14
21	Emma	33	↑8	17
22	Victoria	32	↓6	16
23	Alexandra	31	↑11	32
24	Morgan	31	↓11	24
25	Danielle	29	↑11	43
26	Jennifer	29	↑15	21
27	Nicole	29	↑6	25
28	Alyssa	28	↓4	11
29	Grace	28	new	27
30	Natalie	27	new	34
31	Sara	27	new	50
32	Anna	26	new	29
33	Brooke	26	↓5	47
34	Haley	26	new	31
35	Sydney	26	↑13	23
36	Allison	25	new	40
37	Brittany	25	↓12	35
38	Rebecca	25	↓16	38
39	Gabrielle	24	↓4	46
40	Erin	22	↓13	58
41	Kaitlyn	22	↓10	33
42	Autumn	21	new	77
43	Jasmine	21	↓20	26
44	Kathryn	21	new	91
45	Sierra	20	↑2	49
46	Sophia	20	↓6	53
47	Lindsay	19	new	>100
48	Paige	19	new	67
49	Savannah	19	new	42
50	Amber	18	↓13	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	114	–	2
2	Joshua	108	↑2	4
3	Ryan	103	↑3	12
4	Matthew	101	↓1	3
5	Andrew	97	↑12	7
6	Nicholas	96	↑2	5
7	Tyler	95	↓5	10
8	Jacob	89	↑2	1
9	Zachary	87	↑3	17
10	John	82	↑3	15
11	William	77	↓4	14
12	James	76	↓3	19
13	David	71	↑7	16
14	Daniel	68	↑5	9
15	Christopher	66	↓10	6
16	Kyle	65	↑2	28
17	Anthony	64	↑6	18
18	Alexander	61	↑4	21
19	Brandon	61	↓8	11
20	Dylan	61	↑4	23
21	Thomas	60	↑7	31
22	Joseph	58	↓6	8
23	Robert	57	↓8	26
24	Jordan	56	↓3	30
25	Justin	55	↓11	20
26	Austin	41	↓1	13
27	Noah	39	↑8	24
28	Jonathan	35	↑1	22
29	Kevin	35	↓2	34
30	Nathan	34	↑4	32
31	Benjamin	33	–	29
32	Jason	33	↑14	40
33	Sean	33	↓7	56
34	Eric	32	↓2	39
35	Samuel	31	↓5	27
36	Ethan	30	↑13	37
37	Brian	29	↑1	43
38	Hunter	29	↓2	36
39	Patrick	28	↑8	63
40	Connor	27	↑2	48
41	Isaiah	27	new	51
42	Logan	27	new	42
43	Aaron	26	↓2	38
44	Charles	26	↓11	50
45	Christian	26	↓1	25
46	Cameron	25	new	33
47	Luke	25	new	67
48	Steven	25	↓8	47
49	Timothy	25	↓4	49
50	Chase	22	new	76

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