Popular baby names in Delaware, 2005

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2005 were Madison for girls (68 babies) and Michael for boys (89). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,169 babies born in Delaware in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2005

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

Girls

Catherine: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jordan: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Morgan: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Arianna: 19 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Sarah: 59 babies, 3× the national rate
Brooke: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Mackenzie: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Madeline: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Ariana: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Paige: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 15 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Edwin: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sean: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Malachi: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shane: 15 babies, 3× the national rate
Stephen: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Owen: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patrick: 21 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Paul: 16 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Robert: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Madison	68	–	3
2	Emily	63	↑1	1
3	Sarah	59	↑7	15
4	Emma	56	↑2	2
5	Abigail	50	↑8	4
6	Alexis	50	↓2	13
7	Samantha	50	–	8
8	Olivia	49	↓6	5
9	Ava	47	↑12	9
10	Natalie	45	↑13	18
11	Elizabeth	43	↓6	11
12	Hannah	42	↓4	7
13	Morgan	38	↑9	33
14	Grace	37	↓5	14
15	Brianna	35	↑1	20
16	Isabella	34	↓4	6
17	Alyssa	33	↓3	16
18	Ashley	32	↓7	10
19	Kayla	32	↓4	25
20	Anna	31	–	22
21	Taylor	31	↓2	24
22	Julia	30	↑4	31
23	Sophia	29	↓5	12
24	Brooke	28	↑9	47
25	Lauren	28	↑5	21
26	Mia	28	↑21	17
27	Savannah	28	new	35
28	Lily	27	↑11	39
29	Rachel	27	↑3	38
30	Mackenzie	26	new	51
31	Victoria	26	↓14	28
32	Paige	24	↓1	60
33	Madeline	23	new	70
34	Sydney	23	↓10	30
35	Chloe	22	↑1	19
36	Jordan	22	new	86
37	Kaitlyn	22	↓3	34
38	Makayla	21	new	44
39	Alexandra	20	↓12	37
40	Ariana	20	new	82
41	Destiny	20	new	32
42	Gabrielle	20	↓5	55
43	Jessica	20	↓18	27
44	Arianna	19	new	88
45	Hailey	19	↓17	26
46	Alexa	18	new	66
47	Amelia	18	new	84
48	Catherine	18	new	>100
49	Riley	18	new	54
50	Ella	17	↓5	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Michael	89	↑1	2
2	Matthew	77	↑2	4
3	Ryan	75	↓2	14
4	Joshua	74	↓1	3
5	Jacob	73	↑3	1
6	Anthony	72	–	8
7	Nicholas	72	↓2	15
8	Alexander	68	↑12	13
9	Andrew	66	↑2	6
10	William	66	↓3	11
11	James	64	↑12	17
12	John	63	–	18
13	Nathan	58	↑2	20
14	Joseph	57	↓4	9
15	Brandon	54	↑17	27
16	David	54	↑12	12
17	Daniel	53	↓1	7
18	Tyler	51	↓9	16
19	Christopher	50	↓6	10
20	Robert	49	↑4	37
21	Christian	48	↓7	22
22	Luke	48	↑4	41
23	Elijah	47	↑6	31
24	Ethan	44	↓5	5
25	Thomas	43	↓4	40
26	Logan	42	↓1	26
27	Samuel	40	↑10	21
28	Aiden	39	↑11	50
29	Sean	39	↑9	75
30	Zachary	39	↓12	29
31	Owen	38	new	60
32	Dylan	37	↓15	24
33	Aidan	36	↑8	43
34	Benjamin	36	↓12	25
35	Jonathan	36	↓5	19
36	Justin	35	↑8	36
37	Jason	34	↑9	51
38	Cameron	33	↑2	52
39	Connor	33	↓5	48
40	Gavin	33	↑10	47
41	Isaiah	33	new	45
42	Jayden	33	↓9	54
43	Kevin	33	↓16	33
44	Noah	33	↓13	23
45	Brian	31	new	63
46	Kyle	31	↑3	69
47	Angel	30	new	32
48	Charles	30	new	56
49	Nathaniel	30	new	67
50	Jackson	28	new	44

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