Popular baby names in Delaware, 2000

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2000 were Emily for girls (81 babies) and Michael for boys (139). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,259 babies born in Delaware in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2000

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, 5.2× the national rate
Erin: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mackenzie: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jada: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Morgan: 47 babies, 3× the national rate
Rebecca: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Kayla: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sarah: 76 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Lauren: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caitlin: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Colin: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kyle: 67 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Luke: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Shane: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jeffrey: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Liam: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patrick: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shawn: 15 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jeremy: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Bradley: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Emily	81	–	1
2	Sarah	76	↑1	5
3	Kayla	65	↑3	13
4	Madison	64	–	3
5	Alexis	61	↓3	6
6	Lauren	60	↑8	11
7	Hannah	58	↑3	2
8	Taylor	58	↓3	10
9	Morgan	47	↑15	25
10	Jessica	44	↓1	8
11	Samantha	44	↓3	7
12	Brianna	43	↑8	15
13	Elizabeth	42	↓6	9
14	Ashley	41	↓3	4
15	Megan	40	↓3	18
16	Olivia	39	↑3	16
17	Abigail	38	↓4	14
18	Grace	37	↑11	19
19	Emma	36	↑2	17
20	Rebecca	36	↑18	39
21	Anna	35	↑11	22
22	Destiny	35	↓5	24
23	Mackenzie	35	new	43
24	Sydney	35	↑11	23
25	Victoria	34	↓3	20
26	Alyssa	33	↑2	12
27	Erin	33	↑13	61
28	Haley	33	↑6	28
29	Rachel	32	↓14	21
30	Kaitlyn	31	↑11	30
31	Jasmine	29	↑12	27
32	Amanda	27	↓14	32
33	Julia	26	↓17	29
34	Hailey	24	new	35
35	Jennifer	24	↓9	26
36	Mary	24	new	46
37	Sophia	24	↑9	42
38	Alexandra	22	↓15	36
39	Danielle	22	↓14	48
40	Katherine	21	new	33
41	Gabrielle	20	↓2	49
42	Jada	20	new	84
43	Jenna	20	new	63
44	Nicole	20	↓17	31
45	Courtney	19	new	59
46	Caitlin	17	new	76
47	Carly	17	new	>100
48	Caroline	17	new	65
49	Sara	17	↓18	57
50	Brittany	16	↓13	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Michael	139	–	2
2	Matthew	105	↑2	3
3	Jacob	99	↑5	1
4	Joshua	95	↓2	4
5	Nicholas	94	↑1	6
6	Christopher	87	↑9	5
7	William	86	↑4	11
8	John	85	↑2	14
9	Ryan	80	↓6	13
10	Joseph	79	↑12	8
11	Andrew	75	↓6	7
12	Tyler	69	↓5	10
13	Kyle	67	↑3	37
14	Benjamin	65	↑17	26
15	Brandon	65	↑4	12
16	Justin	65	↑9	19
17	David	63	↓4	16
18	Robert	63	↑5	29
19	Daniel	61	↓5	9
20	James	61	↓8	18
21	Zachary	61	↓12	15
22	Anthony	60	↓5	17
23	Alexander	57	↓5	20
24	Thomas	55	↓3	33
25	Dylan	54	↓5	24
26	Jonathan	52	↑2	21
27	Noah	45	–	27
28	Samuel	45	↑7	28
29	Christian	43	↑16	22
30	Nathan	43	–	30
31	Jordan	42	↓7	36
32	Kevin	42	↓3	32
33	Luke	40	↑14	59
34	Ethan	38	↑2	25
35	Cameron	35	↑11	31
36	Brian	34	↑1	43
37	Steven	34	↑11	54
38	Elijah	33	new	52
39	Eric	33	↓5	42
40	Patrick	32	↓1	68
41	Sean	31	↓8	57
42	Timothy	31	↑7	58
43	Adam	29	new	45
44	Gabriel	29	new	44
45	Hunter	29	↓7	35
46	Austin	28	↓20	23
47	Charles	27	↓3	51
48	Evan	27	new	55
49	Jason	27	↓17	39
50	Colin	26	new	>100

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