Popular baby names in Delaware, 2008

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2008 were Ava for girls (70 babies) and Michael for boys (89). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,838 babies born in Delaware in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2008

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

Girls

Riley: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Aaliyah: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jada: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gianna: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jayla: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Madeline: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brianna: 40 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Paige: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Julia: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Kayla: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chase: 54 babies, 4× the national rate
Jeffrey: 15 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaiden: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brian: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dominic: 25 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aidan: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brady: 22 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Richard: 19 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Robert: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	70	–	5
2	Olivia	69	↑6	4
3	Madison	61	↑1	6
4	Abigail	57	↑1	8
5	Emma	56	↑2	1
6	Emily	50	↓3	3
7	Isabella	50	↓1	2
8	Sophia	47	↓6	7
9	Brianna	40	↑5	23
10	Alexis	39	↑5	15
11	Hannah	36	↓1	17
12	Elizabeth	34	↑6	9
13	Riley	32	new	39
14	Taylor	31	↑20	22
15	Alyssa	30	↓6	16
16	Kayla	30	↑1	28
17	Ashley	29	↓6	18
18	Natalie	29	↑6	13
19	Julia	27	↑31	41
20	Lily	27	new	24
21	Mia	27	↓1	14
22	Samantha	27	↑3	11
23	Chloe	26	↑4	10
24	Grace	26	↓5	21
25	Sarah	26	↑1	20
26	Anna	25	↑3	26
27	Aubrey	25	new	42
28	Leah	24	new	40
29	Madeline	24	new	56
30	Ella	23	↓14	19
31	Aaliyah	22	↑13	76
32	Savannah	22	↓19	33
33	Hailey	20	new	25
34	Layla	20	new	55
35	Lillian	20	↑2	29
36	Addison	19	↓24	12
37	Arianna	19	↑10	66
38	Destiny	19	↓16	47
39	Gianna	19	↓16	88
40	Nevaeh	19	–	34
41	Jasmine	18	↑8	43
42	Kaitlyn	18	↓7	53
43	Morgan	18	new	46
44	Paige	18	new	89
45	Gabrielle	17	↓14	79
46	Jada	17	↑2	>100
47	Kylie	17	new	51
48	Alexandra	16	↓27	61
49	Allison	16	new	32
50	Angelina	16	↓8	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Michael	89	–	2
2	William	70	↑9	8
3	Jacob	69	↑5	1
4	Christopher	65	–	9
5	Joshua	64	–	4
6	Jayden	62	↑7	11
7	Anthony	60	↑2	7
8	James	59	↑2	17
9	John	58	↓3	20
10	Matthew	58	↓3	10
11	Ryan	58	↓9	18
12	Chase	54	↑14	67
13	Daniel	53	↑6	5
14	Joseph	53	↑1	13
15	Andrew	50	↑9	12
16	Alexander	49	↓13	6
17	Noah	49	↑5	15
18	Ethan	47	↓4	3
19	Christian	45	↑4	23
20	Elijah	45	↑23	22
21	Jonathan	45	↑13	26
22	Nathan	44	↑6	21
23	Logan	40	↓5	19
24	Robert	39	new	49
25	Gabriel	38	↑11	24
26	Aidan	37	↑13	59
27	Tyler	36	↑11	28
28	David	35	↓12	14
29	Aiden	34	↓12	16
30	Brandon	34	↑10	33
31	Benjamin	33	↓2	25
32	Dylan	33	↑3	31
33	Mason	33	–	35
34	Gavin	32	↓13	30
35	Justin	32	↑2	44
36	Nicholas	32	↓24	29
37	Thomas	32	↑9	52
38	Austin	31	new	55
39	Cameron	31	↓9	53
40	Jordan	31	↓15	48
41	Samuel	31	↑4	27
42	Luke	30	↓10	43
43	Owen	29	↑7	58
44	Aaron	28	new	50
45	Brian	28	↑2	87
46	Isaiah	28	↑2	42
47	Jackson	28	↓3	32
48	Charles	27	new	63
49	Jason	27	↓29	60
50	Zachary	27	↓23	47

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