Most popular boys’ names in Delaware, 1988
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 241 |
| 2 | Matthew | 162 |
| 3 | Christopher | 159 |
| 4 | John | 126 |
| 4 | Joshua | 126 |
| 6 | Andrew | 124 |
| 7 | David | 118 |
| 8 | James | 115 |
| 9 | Robert | 104 |
| 10 | Daniel | 103 |
| 11 | William | 100 |
| 12 | Justin | 87 |
| 13 | Joseph | 82 |
| 14 | Ryan | 77 |
| 15 | Kyle | 70 |
| 16 | Brian | 69 |
| 17 | Anthony | 68 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 68 |
| 19 | Brandon | 67 |
| 19 | Kevin | 67 |
| 21 | Thomas | 61 |
| 22 | Sean | 56 |
| 23 | Steven | 54 |
| 24 | Eric | 53 |
| 24 | Timothy | 53 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Charles | 52 |
| 27 | Stephen | 51 |
| 28 | Mark | 50 |
| 28 | Zachary | 50 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 49 |
| 31 | Adam | 48 |
| 32 | Richard | 46 |
| 33 | Jason | 45 |
| 34 | Jeffrey | 44 |
| 35 | Scott | 41 |
| 36 | Gregory | 40 |
| 37 | Aaron | 38 |
| 38 | Alexander | 35 |
| 38 | Benjamin | 35 |
| 38 | Jeremy | 35 |
| 41 | Kenneth | 31 |
| 41 | Paul | 31 |
| 43 | Tyler | 29 |
| 44 | Patrick | 28 |
| 45 | Bryan | 27 |
| 45 | Keith | 27 |
| 47 | Dustin | 25 |
| 47 | Jacob | 25 |
| 47 | Samuel | 25 |
| 50 | Vincent | 24 |
| 51 | Donald | 23 |
| 51 | Phillip | 23 |
| 51 | Shawn | 23 |
| 54 | Jesse | 21 |
| 55 | Corey | 20 |
| 56 | Edward | 19 |
| 56 | George | 19 |
| 58 | Nathan | 18 |
| 59 | Derek | 17 |
| 60 | Brett | 16 |
| 60 | Douglas | 16 |
| 60 | Travis | 16 |
| 63 | Cameron | 15 |
| 63 | Shane | 15 |
| 65 | Bradley | 14 |
| 65 | Craig | 14 |
| 65 | Ronald | 14 |
| 68 | Alex | 13 |
| 68 | Cody | 13 |
| 68 | Gary | 13 |
| 68 | Jordan | 13 |
| 68 | Randall | 13 |
| 73 | Carl | 12 |
| 73 | Erik | 12 |
| 73 | Jose | 12 |
| 73 | Marcus | 12 |
| 73 | Nathaniel | 12 |
| 73 | Peter | 12 |
| 73 | Philip | 12 |
| 80 | Andre | 11 |
| 80 | Brent | 11 |
| 80 | Dennis | 11 |
| 80 | Evan | 11 |
| 80 | Jared | 11 |
| 80 | Joel | 11 |
| 80 | Tyrone | 11 |
| 87 | Bruce | 10 |
| 87 | Christian | 10 |
| 87 | Colin | 10 |
| 87 | Devin | 10 |
| 87 | Francis | 10 |
| 87 | Frank | 10 |
| 87 | Raymond | 10 |
| 87 | Seth | 10 |
| 95 | Austin | 9 |
| 95 | Chad | 9 |
| 95 | Dylan | 9 |
| 95 | Henry | 9 |
| 95 | Ian | 9 |
| 95 | Larry | 9 |
| 95 | Shaun | 9 |
| 95 | Todd | 9 |
| 95 | Trevor | 9 |