Popular baby names in Delaware, 2021

The most popular baby names in Delaware in 2021 were Charlotte for girls (55 babies) and Liam for boys (54). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,579 babies born in Delaware in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Delaware in 2021

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

Girls

Zuri: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mackenzie: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Leilani: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Hadley: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Rylee: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Sadie: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Riley: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Layla: 28 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Grace: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Lily: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Amari: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chase: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zion: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tyler: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cameron: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Colton: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Nicholas: 23 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Landon: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dominic: 21 babies, 3× the national rate
Kayden: 20 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Delaware, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Charlotte	55	–	3
2	Olivia	53	–	1
3	Amelia	45	↑1	4
4	Emma	41	↑1	2
5	Sophia	40	↑5	6
6	Isabella	39	↓3	7
7	Harper	35	↑2	10
8	Ava	32	↓2	5
9	Mia	31	↓2	8
10	Layla	28	↑1	24
11	Avery	26	↑39	19
12	Evelyn	25	↑3	9
13	Gianna	25	↓5	13
14	Grace	25	↑23	33
15	Lily	25	↑30	31
16	Leilani	24	↑17	68
17	Riley	24	↓4	37
18	Sofia	24	↑9	18
19	Abigail	22	↓7	17
20	Aurora	22	new	35
21	Nora	21	↑17	27
22	Aria	20	↓6	22
23	Madison	20	↑3	29
24	Luna	19	↑1	11
25	Nova	19	↓6	32
26	Scarlett	18	new	20
27	Camila	17	↑5	12
28	Emily	17	↓4	21
29	Hannah	17	↑14	44
30	Kinsley	17	↓1	57
31	Mila	17	↓8	26
32	Willow	17	↑16	39
33	Hadley	16	new	>100
34	Mackenzie	16	new	>100
35	Sadie	16	new	78
36	Zoe	16	↑4	42
37	Zuri	16	new	>100
38	Isla	15	new	34
39	Kennedy	15	new	70
40	Penelope	15	↓1	23
41	Rylee	15	new	97
42	Savannah	15	↑5	67
43	Skylar	15	new	74
44	Violet	15	↓24	36
45	Aubrey	14	↓24	64
46	Hazel	14	new	28
47	Kehlani	14	new	>100
48	Allison	13	new	82
49	Autumn	13	↓8	66
50	Emilia	13	↓8	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Liam	54	–	1
2	Noah	53	–	2
3	Michael	42	↑8	17
4	Lucas	41	↑5	8
5	James	36	↑2	5
6	Levi	35	↑18	12
7	David	34	↑12	30
8	Jack	32	↑29	11
9	Joseph	31	↑6	28
10	Mason	31	↓2	18
11	Theodore	31	new	10
12	Alexander	30	↑2	13
13	Cameron	30	↑21	62
14	Luke	30	↑7	32
15	Elijah	29	↓12	4
16	Jackson	29	↑4	14
17	Oliver	29	↓7	3
18	Jaxon	28	↑13	54
19	Josiah	28	new	49
20	Julian	28	↑18	33
21	William	28	↓5	6
22	Wyatt	28	↑7	29
23	Caleb	27	↑24	51
24	Colton	27	↑24	75
25	Nathan	27	new	59
26	Owen	27	↓4	22
27	Benjamin	26	↓10	7
28	Carter	26	↓24	39
29	Henry	26	↑20	9
30	Landon	26	new	73
31	Logan	26	↑11	21
32	Asher	25	↑4	25
33	Anthony	24	↓28	43
34	Matthew	24	↓9	36
35	Aiden	23	↓12	26
36	Jayden	23	↓4	41
37	John	23	↓19	27
38	Mateo	23	↓5	15
39	Nicholas	23	new	92
40	Chase	22	new	>100
41	Dominic	21	new	99
42	Ethan	21	↓30	20
43	Jacob	21	↓15	24
44	Christopher	20	↓9	52
45	Gabriel	20	↓19	38
46	Kayden	20	new	>100
47	Nolan	20	new	60
48	Samuel	20	↓9	23
49	Zion	20	new	>100
50	Isaac	19	↓20	40

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