Popular baby names in Delaware, 2012

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2012 were Sophia for girls (67 babies) and Michael for boys (60). Michael ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,206 babies born in Delaware in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2012

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

Girls

Quinn: 15 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Gabrielle: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Autumn: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Annabelle: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Riley: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Brielle: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kennedy: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Morgan: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Peyton: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Layla: 28 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Shane: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chase: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Declan: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cole: 20 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patrick: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Robert: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bryce: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
John: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brandon: 31 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Christopher: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	67	–	1
2	Isabella	65	↑7	3
3	Emma	63	↑1	2
4	Olivia	53	↓2	4
5	Ava	51	↓2	5
6	Emily	38	↓1	6
7	Madison	37	–	9
8	Aubrey	31	–	15
9	Lillian	31	↑5	25
10	Abigail	29	↓4	7
11	Amelia	28	↑10	23
12	Layla	28	↑12	31
13	Zoey	28	new	20
14	Grace	27	↑25	21
15	Mia	27	↓3	8
16	Addison	26	↑1	14
17	Riley	26	↑30	47
18	Natalie	25	↓2	17
19	Avery	24	↓6	13
20	Elizabeth	22	↓2	10
21	Ella	22	↑7	12
22	Alexis	21	↓2	40
23	Autumn	21	new	68
24	Lily	21	↓13	16
25	Peyton	21	new	53
26	Savannah	21	↓11	43
27	Taylor	21	↑3	46
28	Brooklyn	19	new	29
29	Victoria	19	new	28
30	Anna	18	↓7	34
31	Kennedy	18	new	84
32	Morgan	18	↑10	82
33	Samantha	18	↑15	26
34	Allison	17	↑16	38
35	Annabelle	17	new	99
36	Brianna	17	↓17	51
37	Mackenzie	17	new	71
38	Makayla	17	↓13	70
39	Zoe	17	↑10	30
40	Gabrielle	16	new	>100
41	Hailey	16	↓7	32
42	Hannah	16	new	22
43	Harper	16	new	24
44	Madelyn	16	new	67
45	Sarah	16	↓8	42
46	Scarlett	16	↓8	61
47	Sofia	16	↓21	18
48	Aaliyah	15	↓17	36
49	Brielle	15	new	>100
50	Charlotte	15	↓18	19

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Michael	60	–	7
2	Anthony	55	↑7	15
3	Mason	54	↓1	2
4	Liam	53	↑9	6
5	Alexander	52	↑15	9
6	Christopher	52	↑6	23
7	Ethan	51	↓1	3
8	William	51	↓4	5
9	Elijah	48	↑8	13
10	Logan	48	↑5	22
11	John	47	↑15	28
12	Jacob	46	↓5	1
13	Jayden	45	↓3	8
14	Daniel	44	↑2	11
15	Noah	44	↓10	4
16	Aiden	42	↓8	10
17	Jackson	42	new	21
18	James	42	↑1	14
19	Joseph	41	↓1	19
20	Joshua	41	↓9	17
21	Chase	39	↓7	77
22	Andrew	38	↑7	18
23	Caleb	37	↑24	32
24	Christian	37	↑1	33
25	David	36	↓4	20
26	Luke	36	↑8	37
27	Ryan	35	↓24	26
28	Gabriel	33	↑9	24
29	Cameron	32	↓7	54
30	Carter	32	↑11	36
31	Lucas	32	↑11	27
32	Robert	32	new	60
33	Brandon	31	new	56
34	Brayden	31	↑6	39
35	Tyler	31	↓3	50
36	Jordan	30	new	48
37	Landon	30	new	35
38	Nathan	29	↓14	29
39	Owen	29	↓4	38
40	Jeremiah	28	↓13	52
41	Matthew	27	↓13	12
42	Samuel	27	↓6	25
43	Dominic	26	new	70
44	Nicholas	24	↓1	49
45	Thomas	24	↓1	63
46	Austin	23	↓7	58
47	Benjamin	23	↓17	16
48	Charles	23	new	62
49	Evan	23	new	47
50	Julian	23	↓2	53

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