Popular baby names in Delaware, 2016

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2016 were Olivia for girls (66 babies) and Liam for boys (63). Olivia ranked #2 nationally for girls. Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,189 babies born in Delaware in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2016

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

Girls

Sydney: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Brielle: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Morgan: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Gianna: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Alexandra: 15 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Gabriella: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Peyton: 17 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aubrey: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Skylar: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Riley: 32 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Cole: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ian: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Chase: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ryan: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caleb: 37 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Colton: 26 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carson: 23 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Declan: 17 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Landon: 32 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nolan: 25 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Olivia	66	↑1	2
2	Ava	65	↓1	3
3	Emma	53	↑2	1
4	Charlotte	51	↑6	7
5	Sophia	45	↓2	4
6	Isabella	43	↑5	5
7	Elizabeth	38	↑7	13
8	Harper	38	↑15	11
9	Riley	32	↑12	22
10	Aubrey	30	↑2	25
11	Abigail	29	↓7	8
12	Emily	28	↑3	9
13	Avery	27	↑5	16
14	Chloe	27	↓1	20
15	Grace	26	↓7	19
16	Madison	26	↓9	15
17	Mia	26	↓11	6
18	Natalie	25	↑2	31
19	Skylar	24	↑11	42
20	Ella	23	↑12	17
21	Evelyn	23	↑1	12
22	Scarlett	22	↑5	18
23	Addison	21	↑1	29
24	Amelia	21	↑12	10
25	Gabriella	21	new	61
26	Brooklyn	20	↓1	34
27	Caroline	20	new	56
28	Gianna	20	↑1	92
29	Lillian	20	↓13	28
30	Layla	19	↓4	30
31	Leah	19	new	37
32	Lily	19	new	24
33	Savannah	19	↓24	38
34	Aria	18	↑12	23
35	Hannah	18	↓2	33
36	Zoey	18	↓19	26
37	Brielle	17	↓6	>100
38	Kennedy	17	↑12	59
39	Peyton	17	↓5	81
40	Sydney	17	new	>100
41	Adeline	16	new	63
42	Sarah	16	↑2	57
43	Victoria	16	new	21
44	Violet	16	new	47
45	Alexa	15	new	51
46	Alexandra	15	new	>100
47	Anna	15	↓9	49
48	Julia	15	↓6	88
49	Mackenzie	15	↓6	85
50	Morgan	15	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Liam	63	↑1	2
2	Michael	62	↑3	8
3	Mason	56	–	4
4	Noah	50	↓3	1
5	Alexander	49	↑3	11
6	Logan	47	↑9	18
7	Jacob	46	↑7	7
8	William	46	↓2	3
9	Benjamin	44	–	6
10	Carter	44	↑6	26
11	Jackson	42	↓7	17
12	Anthony	41	↓2	30
13	Luke	41	↓2	29
14	James	40	↓1	5
15	Ryan	39	↑14	40
16	Lucas	38	↑8	14
17	Caleb	37	↑18	44
18	Aiden	36	↓11	16
19	Ethan	36	↓2	10
20	John	36	↑3	28
21	Joseph	36	↓3	20
22	Owen	33	↑6	24
23	Samuel	33	↑17	21
24	David	32	new	19
25	Elijah	32	↑1	9
26	Landon	32	↑7	53
27	Christian	31	↑3	46
28	Andrew	30	↑13	34
29	Cameron	30	↓10	57
30	Christopher	30	↓18	36
31	Connor	30	new	54
32	Dylan	30	↓1	32
33	Jayden	30	↓1	27
34	Julian	30	↑14	39
35	Gabriel	29	↓14	25
36	Hunter	28	new	45
37	Matthew	28	↓17	15
38	Ian	27	↑7	78
39	Josiah	27	↑8	55
40	Colton	26	↓2	68
41	Chase	25	↓16	86
42	Nolan	25	new	67
43	Dominic	24	–	72
44	Jaxon	24	↑2	41
45	Carson	23	new	81
46	Cole	23	new	>100
47	Daniel	23	↓5	13
48	Jordan	23	↓4	65
49	Oliver	23	↓12	12
50	Grayson	22	new	37

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