Top Baby Names in Delaware, 1990s — Most Popular Boys & Girls Names

The most popular baby names in Delaware from 1990 to 1999, ranked by total births during the decade.

What the Data Says About the 1990s in Delaware

During the 1990s (1990–1999), the Social Security Administration recorded 49,140 births across the top 50 boy and top 50 girl names in Delaware. The decade's leading boy name was Michael with 1,590 births, while Jessica was the top girl name with 902 births. The top 50 boys in this decade collectively accounted for 29,459 births versus 19,681 for the top 50 girls — a common SSA pattern in which the boy-name pool is more concentrated among fewer high-frequency choices. These totals represent only names appearing five or more times per year in Delaware; rarer names fall below the SSA's privacy-disclosure threshold and are excluded.

The 1990s sits within a specific cultural window of U.S. naming history. Late-20th-century decades like the 1990s show accelerating naming diversity, as popular culture, television, and celebrity influence began fragmenting the top-name distribution. Michael and Jessica leading Delaware during this window reflects how regional preferences interact with broader national trends.

Decade totals are computed by summing SSA state-year records for Delaware across all ten years of the 1990s. Because the SSA suppresses any name with fewer than five annual occurrences in a state, the true number of unique names given in Delaware during this decade is larger than what this page lists. The dataset also treats every spelling as a separate name — for example, Kayla and Kaylah are tracked independently — so combined-spelling totals would shift the rankings somewhat. This page is provided for informational and research purposes and does not constitute naming, legal, or genealogical advice.

Boy Top 50 Boy Names

Rank Name Births
1 Michael 1,590
2 Matthew 1,242
3 Christopher 1,120
4 Joshua 983
5 Andrew 945
6 John 938
7 Ryan 937
8 Tyler 936
9 James 928
10 Nicholas 852
11 Robert 846
12 William 846
13 Zachary 838
14 Brandon 828
15 David 786
16 Kyle 769
17 Daniel 764
18 Joseph 760
19 Jacob 660
20 Anthony 648
21 Justin 641
22 Thomas 578
23 Alexander 529
24 Kevin 511
25 Eric 497
26 Jonathan 469
27 Jordan 453
28 Brian 441
29 Sean 422
30 Benjamin 399
31 Dylan 395
32 Steven 379
33 Patrick 378
34 Austin 372
35 Samuel 362
36 Cody 356
37 Charles 352
38 Timothy 346
39 Mark 346
40 Aaron 342
41 Richard 342
42 Stephen 330
43 Adam 319
44 Jason 273
45 Jeffrey 263
46 Nathan 252
47 Christian 246
48 Shane 224
49 Jeremy 216
50 Gregory 210

Girl Top 50 Girl Names

Rank Name Births
1 Jessica 902
2 Ashley 856
3 Emily 797
4 Sarah 762
5 Samantha 726
6 Amanda 702
7 Taylor 671
8 Brittany 629
9 Lauren 599
10 Megan 551
11 Alexis 548
12 Elizabeth 495
13 Rachel 492
14 Rebecca 435
15 Courtney 427
16 Victoria 415
17 Morgan 413
18 Danielle 390
19 Amber 388
20 Nicole 380
21 Kayla 380
22 Jennifer 377
23 Hannah 358
24 Stephanie 351
25 Alexandra 329
26 Alyssa 319
27 Erin 314
28 Katherine 299
29 Brianna 294
30 Kelsey 294
31 Chelsea 280
32 Jasmine 271
33 Julia 260
34 Madison 254
35 Heather 254
36 Melissa 254
37 Kelly 251
38 Mary 245
39 Brooke 243
40 Abigail 242
41 Kaitlyn 240
42 Christina 237
43 Olivia 234
44 Sara 231
45 Gabrielle 221
46 Anna 221
47 Caitlin 216
48 Shannon 216
49 Allison 210
50 Paige 208

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Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files, 1910–2024 (ssa.gov).

Source: SSA Baby Names Methodology — names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year are included (ssa.gov/oact/babynames/limits.html).

Data sourced from official U.S. government datasets. See our methodology for details.