Popular baby names in Delaware, 2009

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2009 were Isabella for girls (70 babies) and Alexander for boys (69). Alexander ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,518 babies born in Delaware in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2009

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

Girls

London: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kayla: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Makayla: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Brooke: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Payton: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gabrielle: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gianna: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Caroline: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Riley: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Julia: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
George: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Chase: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sean: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kyle: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Cole: 30 babies, 3× the national rate
Cameron: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Charles: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Richard: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
James: 64 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Isabella	70	↑6	1
2	Sophia	59	↑6	4
3	Olivia	58	↓1	3
4	Abigail	51	–	8
5	Ava	50	↓4	5
6	Emma	49	↓1	2
7	Madison	45	↓4	7
8	Samantha	37	↑14	14
9	Emily	34	↓3	6
10	Elizabeth	32	↑2	11
11	Kayla	32	↑5	35
12	Alexis	31	↓2	13
13	Makayla	29	new	44
14	Mia	29	↑7	10
15	Chloe	28	↑8	9
16	Alyssa	27	↓1	19
17	Natalie	27	↑1	16
18	Addison	26	↑18	12
19	Leah	25	↑9	29
20	Taylor	25	↓6	22
21	Brooke	24	new	54
22	Ella	24	↑8	15
23	Grace	24	↑1	17
24	Riley	24	↓11	38
25	Allison	23	↑24	30
26	Sarah	23	↓1	21
27	Savannah	23	↑5	39
28	Anna	22	↓2	28
29	Julia	22	↓10	50
30	Brianna	21	↓21	24
31	Gabriella	21	new	33
32	Kaylee	20	new	26
33	Lillian	20	↑2	27
34	Ashley	19	↓17	20
35	Gianna	19	↑4	76
36	Hailey	19	↓3	25
37	Arianna	18	–	52
38	Layla	18	↓4	45
39	Payton	18	new	84
40	Caroline	17	new	87
41	Gabrielle	17	↑4	96
42	Hannah	17	↓31	23
43	Maya	17	new	61
44	Evelyn	16	new	40
45	London	16	new	>100
46	Morgan	16	↓3	57
47	Nevaeh	16	↓7	34
48	Sydney	16	new	48
49	Aaliyah	15	↓18	63
50	Alexa	15	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Alexander	69	↑15	4
2	Michael	67	↓1	3
3	James	64	↑5	18
4	Jayden	64	↑2	8
5	Ethan	60	↑13	2
6	William	59	↓4	5
7	Matthew	57	↑3	13
8	Logan	54	↑15	17
9	Aiden	53	↑20	12
10	Chase	51	↑2	61
11	Jacob	50	↓8	1
12	Joshua	50	↓7	6
13	Anthony	49	↓6	11
14	Gavin	49	↑20	33
15	Christian	48	↑4	23
16	Joseph	48	↓2	15
17	Ryan	48	↓6	20
18	Daniel	47	↓5	7
19	Benjamin	45	↑12	19
20	Christopher	45	↓16	10
21	Tyler	45	↑6	28
22	Nicholas	44	↑14	32
23	Cameron	41	↑16	58
24	John	41	↓15	26
25	Noah	40	↓8	9
26	Nathan	39	↓4	25
27	Charles	37	↑21	64
28	David	37	–	14
29	Jordan	37	↑11	45
30	Jonathan	36	↓9	29
31	Gabriel	35	↓6	22
32	Robert	35	↓8	55
33	Carter	34	new	50
34	Justin	33	↑1	46
35	Caleb	32	new	31
36	Dylan	32	↓4	30
37	Liam	32	new	49
38	Andrew	31	↓23	16
39	Kevin	31	new	44
40	Brandon	30	↓10	38
41	Cole	30	new	82
42	Elijah	30	↓22	21
43	Landon	30	new	36
44	Zachary	30	↑6	53
45	Brayden	29	new	48
46	Evan	29	new	35
47	Jackson	28	–	27
48	Lucas	28	new	39
49	Sean	27	new	97
50	Isaiah	26	↓4	41

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