Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1980
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 231 |
| 2 | Jason | 145 |
| 3 | John | 142 |
| 4 | James | 138 |
| 5 | Robert | 128 |
| 6 | Christopher | 127 |
| 7 | William | 121 |
| 8 | Matthew | 112 |
| 9 | David | 107 |
| 10 | Brian | 96 |
| 11 | Joseph | 78 |
| 12 | Daniel | 76 |
| 13 | Kevin | 69 |
| 14 | Andrew | 68 |
| 15 | Jeffrey | 64 |
| 16 | Anthony | 61 |
| 17 | Joshua | 57 |
| 17 | Timothy | 57 |
| 19 | Eric | 55 |
| 19 | Richard | 55 |
| 19 | Thomas | 55 |
| 22 | Ryan | 51 |
| 23 | Jonathan | 50 |
| 23 | Justin | 50 |
| 25 | Charles | 49 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Mark | 49 |
| 27 | Steven | 42 |
| 28 | Patrick | 41 |
| 29 | Nicholas | 40 |
| 30 | Paul | 39 |
| 31 | Stephen | 38 |
| 32 | Jeremy | 37 |
| 33 | Kenneth | 31 |
| 34 | Adam | 29 |
| 34 | Scott | 29 |
| 36 | Aaron | 27 |
| 37 | Brandon | 26 |
| 37 | George | 26 |
| 37 | Shawn | 26 |
| 40 | Bryan | 25 |
| 40 | Jesse | 25 |
| 42 | Donald | 24 |
| 42 | Gregory | 24 |
| 42 | Sean | 24 |
| 45 | Benjamin | 22 |
| 45 | Keith | 22 |
| 47 | Ronald | 20 |
| 48 | Chad | 19 |
| 48 | Peter | 19 |
| 50 | Douglas | 18 |
| 50 | Edward | 18 |
| 50 | Shaun | 18 |
| 53 | Jamie | 15 |
| 53 | Raymond | 15 |
| 55 | Derrick | 14 |
| 55 | Gary | 14 |
| 55 | Nathan | 14 |
| 58 | Andre | 13 |
| 58 | Bruce | 13 |
| 60 | Bradley | 12 |
| 60 | Derek | 12 |
| 60 | Dwayne | 12 |
| 60 | Erik | 12 |
| 60 | Frank | 12 |
| 60 | Jermaine | 12 |
| 60 | Larry | 12 |
| 60 | Phillip | 12 |
| 60 | Wayne | 12 |
| 69 | Alexander | 11 |
| 69 | Curtis | 11 |
| 69 | Dennis | 11 |
| 69 | Frederick | 11 |
| 69 | Jacob | 11 |
| 69 | Lawrence | 11 |
| 69 | Samuel | 11 |
| 69 | Travis | 11 |
| 77 | Carl | 10 |
| 77 | Eugene | 10 |
| 77 | Jeremiah | 10 |
| 77 | Jose | 10 |
| 77 | Wesley | 10 |
| 82 | Christian | 9 |
| 82 | Corey | 9 |
| 82 | Craig | 9 |
| 82 | Dale | 9 |
| 82 | Dustin | 9 |
| 82 | Ian | 9 |
| 82 | Joel | 9 |
| 82 | Russell | 9 |
| 82 | Vincent | 9 |
| 91 | Arthur | 8 |
| 91 | Cory | 8 |
| 91 | Francis | 8 |
| 91 | Jared | 8 |
| 91 | Jeffery | 8 |
| 91 | Jerry | 8 |
| 91 | Louis | 8 |
| 91 | Marcus | 8 |
| 91 | Philip | 8 |
| 91 | Ralph | 8 |
| 91 | Walter | 8 |